Introduction to Sociology, 10th Edition

✍ Scribed by Henry L. Tischler

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 591
• Edition: 10
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This revised edition of Tischler's INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY continues a tradition of providing a proven and comprehensive textbook to students and professors at a lower, very reasonable price. With its built in study guide, practice tests, and available access to SociologyNow, no other textbook on the market provides students with a complete suite of study aids at an affordable price as INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY. Tischler is known for providing full coverage of sociological concepts in a student-friendly manner, and threading two basic ideas throughout the text- 1) sociology is a rigorous, scientific discipline and 2) a basic knowledge of sociology is essential for understanding social interaction in many work and social settings. Each chapter progresses from a specific to a general analysis of society - each part introducing increasingly comprehensive factors necessary for a broad-based understanding of social organization.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Brief Contents......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 16
About the Author......Page 22
A Word to the wStudent......Page 24
PART ONE: The Study of Society......Page 30
CHAPTER 1 The Sociological Perspective......Page 31
Sociology as a Point of View......Page 33
The Development of Sociology......Page 40
Theoretical Perspectives......Page 48
Summary......Page 51
CHAPTER 2 Doing Sociology: Research Methods......Page 57
The Research Process......Page 58
Ethical Issues in Sociological Research......Page 72
Summary......Page 74
CHAPTER 3 Culture......Page 79
The Concept of Culture......Page 80
Components of Culture......Page 83
The Symbolic Nature of Culture......Page 89
Culture and Adaptation......Page 91
Subcultures......Page 93
Universals of Culture......Page 94
Culture and Individual Choice......Page 96
Summary......Page 99
CHAPTER 4 Socialization and Development......Page 103
Becoming a Person: Biology and Culture......Page 104
Theories of Development......Page 112
Early Socialization in American Society......Page 114
Adult Socialization......Page 121
Aging and Society......Page 123
Summary......Page 124
CHAPTER 5 Social Interaction......Page 131
Understanding Social Interaction......Page 132
Types of Social Interaction......Page 136
Elements of Social Interaction......Page 139
Summary......Page 144
CHAPTER 6 Social Groups and Organizations......Page 149
The Nature of Groups......Page 150
Functions of Groups......Page 153
Reference Groups......Page 154
Bureaucracy......Page 160
Institutions and Social Organization......Page 161
Summary......Page 163
CHAPTER 7 Deviant Behavior and Social Control......Page 167
Defining Normal and Deviant Behavior......Page 168
Mechanisms of Social Control......Page 170
Theories of Crime and Deviance......Page 172
The Importance of Law......Page 179
Crime in the United States......Page 181
Kinds of Crime in the United States......Page 184
Criminal Justice in the United States......Page 188
Summary......Page 196
CHAPTER 8 Social Class in the United States......Page 203
The American Class Structure......Page 204
Poverty......Page 208
Consequences of Social Stratification......Page 213
Summary......Page 221
CHAPTER 9 Global Stratification......Page 225
Stratification Systems......Page 227
Theories of Global Stratification......Page 229
Global Diversity......Page 230
Summary......Page 240
CHAPTER 10 Racial and Ethnic Minorities......Page 245
The Concept of Race......Page 247
The Concept of Ethnic Group......Page 250
Problems in Race and Ethnic Relations......Page 251
Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Relations......Page 253
Racial and Ethnic Immigration to the United States......Page 259
America's Ethnic Composition Today......Page 262
Summary......Page 270
CHAPTER 11 Gender Stratification......Page 275
Are the Sexes Separate and Unequal?......Page 276
What Produces Gender Inequality?......Page 283
Gender-Role Socialization......Page 284
Gender Inequality and Work......Page 287
Summary......Page 290
CHAPTER 12 Marriage and Alternative Family Arrangements......Page 295
The Nature of Family Life......Page 297
Defining Marriage......Page 299
The Transformation of the Family......Page 304
Family Diversity......Page 314
Summary......Page 318
CHAPTER 13 Religion......Page 323
The Nature of Religion......Page 324
Major Types of Religions......Page 327
A Sociological Approach to Religion......Page 329
Organization of Religious Life......Page 334
Aspects of American Religion......Page 336
Major Religions in the United States......Page 337
Summary......Page 345
CHAPTER 14 Education......Page 349
Education: A Functionalist View......Page 350
The Confiict Theory View......Page 355
Issues in American Education......Page 358
Summary......Page 366
CHAPTER 15 Political and Economic Systems......Page 371
Politics, Power, and Authority......Page 373
Government and the State......Page 374
Types of States......Page 375
Functionalist and Confiict Theory Views of the State......Page 376
The Economy and the State......Page 377
Political Change......Page 381
The American Political System......Page 383
Summary......Page 389
CHAPTER 16 Population and Urban Society......Page 393
Population Dynamics......Page 394
Theories of Population......Page 398
Population Growth and the Environment......Page 402
Urbanization and the Development of Cities......Page 405
The Nature of Urban Life......Page 410
Future Urban Growth in the United States......Page 413
Summary......Page 415
CHAPTER 17 Health and Aging......Page 421
The Experience of Illness......Page 422
Contemporary Health Care Issues......Page 429
The Aging Population......Page 433
Summary......Page 439
CHAPTER 18 Collective Behavior and Social Change......Page 445
Society and Social Change......Page 446
Crowd Behavior and Social Change......Page 449
Dispersed Collective Behavior......Page 451
Social Movements......Page 455
Globalization and Social Change......Page 458
Social Change in the United States......Page 459
Summary......Page 461
Glossary......Page 466
References......Page 476
Index......Page 500
Practice Tests......Page 516
Practice Test Answers......Page 586