Society in Focus: An Introduction to Sociology, Ninth Edition

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Society in Focus: An Introduction to Sociology, Ninth Edition, emphasizes how society and social forces affect everything from globalization and international policies to day-to-day activities in our personal lives. In this edition, the authors go beyond the mere questioning of issues to take a closer look at the social world in which we live. They provide an integrated approach that uses sociological thinking to help students analyze and understand key concepts. To focus increased attention on sociological thinking and research methods, they have chosen four key themes: media and technology, globalization, cultural diversity, and trends for the future. Because sociology is about all of us and our daily lives, it is an eminently practical and useful discipline for understanding our social world. This Ninth Edition Includes: • specific student outcomes for each chapter as well as assessment items linked to those outcomes • new chapter-opening vignettes that give real-life examples illustrating important terms, concepts, and theories included in that chapter • updated data, statistics, maps, charts, boxes, and tables citing the latest research available • examples of the powerful impact of media and technology on society, especially the role social media play in helping to shape and define our daily social lives • new photos and cartoons accompanied by critical-thinking questions that reinforce and illustrate important sociological terms, concepts, and theories Cover Brief Contents Contents Preface About the Authors PART 1 SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Chapter 1 Discovering Sociology WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY? THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM: SOCIOLOGY AND CRITICAL THINKING TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGY CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 2 Doing Sociology GLOBALIZATION, DIVERSITY, AND TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE SOCIOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TYPES OF RESEARCH AND RESEARCH DESIGNS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEORY AND METHODS SOCIAL RESEARCH AND THE MEDIA LOOKING TO THE FUTURE PART 2 SOCIAL FRAMEWORK Chapter 3 Society and Culture WHAT IS SOCIETY? TYPES OF SOCIETIES MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY, AND POSTINDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES WHAT IS CULTURE? COMPONENTS OF CULTURE ETHNOCENTRISM AND CULTURAL RELATIVISM GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO SOCIETY AND CULTURE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 4 Socialization THE SOCIALIZATION PROCESS MAJOR AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION: A GLOBAL VIEW SOCIALIZATION AND THE LIFE COURSE DESOCIALIZATION AND RESOCIALIZATION UNDERSTANDING SOCIALIZATION LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 5 Social Interaction in Everyday Life SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIAL INTERACTION SOCIAL INTERACTION, MEDIA, AND TECHNOLOGY SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO INTERACTION IN EVERYDAY LIFE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 6 Social Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies SOCIAL GROUPS FORMAL ORGANIZATIONS BUREAUCRACIES SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND BUREAUCRACIES MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, AND CHANGE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE PART 3 SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION AND INEQUALITY Chapter 7 Deviance and Conformity DEFINING DEVIANCE AND CONFORMITY: A GLOBAL VIEW POPULAR EXPLANATIONS FOR DEVIANCE SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF DEVIANCE AND CONFORMITY DEVIANCE, CONFORMITY, AND SOCIAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY: SOCIAL CONTROL OR OUT OF CONTROL? LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 8 Social Stratification and the U.S. Class System UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL STRATIFICATION SYSTEMS OF STRATIFICATION DETERMINING SOCIAL CLASS RANKING SOCIAL CLASSES IN THE UNITED STATES POVERTY: MEDIA IMAGES AND REALITY SOCIAL CLASS IN THE UNITED STATES: MYTH AND REALITY PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL STRATIFICATION LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 9 Global Stratification GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL STRATIFICATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE EXPLAINING GLOBAL STRATIFICATION TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS: THE MAKING OF NEW “HAVES” AND “HAVE-NOTS” LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 10 Race and Ethnicity UNDERSTANDING RACE AND ETHNICITY IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION DOMINANT–MINORITY GROUP RELATIONS PERSPECTIVES ON RACE AND ETHNICITY A Functionalist Approach LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 11 Sex and Gender SEX AND GENDER IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY EXPLAINING GENDER DIFFERENCES SEXISM: INEQUALITY BASED ON SEX AND GENDER FEMINISM: THE STRUGGLE FOR GENDER EQUALITY SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND DIVERSITY LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 12 Age and the Elderly GERONTOLOGY: THE STUDY OF AGING AGING AND DIVERSITY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE GROWING OLD IN AMERICAN SOCIETY SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF THE AGING PROCESS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE PART 4 SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS Chapter 13 Families WHAT IS A FAMILY? FAMILY DIVERSITY: A GLOBAL PORTRAIT SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE FAMILY U.S. FAMILIES: IN THE LIFE COURSE U.S. FAMILIES: A PORTRAIT OF SOCIAL DIVERSITY FAMILY TRANSITIONS AND FAMILY PROBLEMS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 14 Education EDUCATION IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY THE ROLE OF EDUCATION: A FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION: CONFLICT AND FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES EDUCATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE: AN INTERACTIONIST VIEW CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN AMERICAN EDUCATION LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 15 Religion DEFINING RELIGION GLOBAL RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF RELIGION SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN FOCUS RELIGION, MEDIA, AND TECHNOLOGY RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 16 Government, Politics, and War GOVERNMENT AND PERSONAL FREEDOM POWER, POLITICS, AND AUTHORITY POLITICS AND INFLUENCE GLOBALIZATION AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS DEMOCRACY: AMERICAN STYLE SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT WAR, NUCLEAR WAR, AND SOCIETY LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 17 The Economy and Work SOCIOLOGY AND THE STUDY OF THE ECONOMY THE GLOBAL ECONOMY THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AND WORK WORK AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ECONOMY AND WORK LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 18 Health and Medicine HEALTH AND SICKNESS: A GLOBAL VIEW HEALTH AND SICKNESS IN THE UNITED STATES MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE: A CROSS-CULTURAL VIEW MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES LOOKING TO THE FUTURE PART 5 SOCIAL CHANGE Chapter 19 Population, Urbanization, and Ecology DEMOGRAPHY AND GLOBAL POPULATION POPULATION GROWTH THE GROWTH OF CITIES AND URBANIZATION URBAN SOCIOLOGY AND HUMAN ECOLOGY HUMAN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF POPULATION, URBANIZATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Chapter 20 Social Change, Collective Behavior, and the Future WHAT IS SOCIAL CHANGE? SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO SOCIAL CHANGE COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Glossary References Name Index Subject Index Credits