Sociology in action. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kathleen Odell Korgen, William Paterson University, Maxine P. Atkinson, North Carolina State University.
• Authors: Korgen, Kathleen Odell, 1967-; Atkinson, Maxine P
• Contents: Preface; About the Authors; About the Contributors; Chapter 1. Training Your Sociological Eye; What Is Sociology?; Changing How You View the World; Sociology as a Social Science; Differentiating between Good Generalizations and Stereotypes; The Obligations of Sociology; The Benefits of Sociology; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 2. Understanding Theory; What Is Theory?; Understanding the Structural Functionalist Perspective; Understanding the Conflict Theoretical Perspective; Understanding the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective; Full Theoretical Circle; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 3. Using Research Methods; What Is Research?; What Are Data and Where Do We Get Them?; What Do We Do with Data?; Getting Started Doing Research; Sampling and Measurement; How Can You Recognize Good (and Bad) Research?; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 4. Recognizing Culture; Defining Culture; Identifying Elements of Culture; Typology of Societies; Considering Cultural Variations; The Power of Culture; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 5. Understanding Socialization and Interaction; What Is Socialization?; Understanding Theories of Socialization; Agents of Socialization; Gender Socialization; Status, Social Roles, and Identity; Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies; Social Interaction; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 6. Identifying Deviant Behavior; Defining Deviance; Origins of the Sociology of Deviance; Creating Deviance; Managing Deviant Identities; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 7. Confronting Economic Inequality; What Is Economic Inequality?; Meritocracy and the Functions of Inequality; Understanding Social Stratification; Examining the Class System; Mobility within and across Generations; Consequences of Inequality; Addressing Inequality; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 8. Constructing Gender, Sex, and Sexuality; Defining Sex, Gender, Intersex, and Transgender; Using Theory to Understand Gender; Creating Gender and Sexual Identities, Recognizing Sexualities; Gender, Sexuality, and Work; Gender and Intimate Relationships; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 9. Recognizing the Importance of Race; Defining Race and Ethnicity; The Repercussions of Race; Discrimination by the U.S. Government; Racial and Ethnic Inequality Today; Racism and Ethnocentrism Globally; Responding (or Not) to Racism and Ethnocentrism Today; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 10. Understanding Institutions: Politics and the Economy; The State, Power, and Legitimacy; Origins of the State; Forms of Legitimate Domination; Types of Government; Theoretical Approaches to Politics; Politics and the Economy; Modern Economic Systems; Beyond Politics and Economy: Communism and Fascism; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 11. Understanding Institutions: Family; What Shapes Families?; Changing Families across History; Understanding Families through Theory; Families Caring for Each Other; Family Problems; How Work and Policy Shape Families; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 12. Understanding Institutions: Education; What Is Education as an Institution?; Education and Modes of Production; Theorizing Education; Education and Social Inequality in the United States; Global Education and Global Inequality; Leveling the Playing Field: Public Policy and Education in the United States; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 13. Experiencing Health, Illness, and Medical Care; What Does Sociology Have to Do with Health, Illness, and Medical Care?; The Illness Experience; Medicalization; Explaining Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health; Social Distribution of Illness; The U.S. Health Care System; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 14. Understanding Institutions: Religion; Defining Religion Sociologically; Religious Pluralism and Secularization; Religious Fundamentalism; Changing Religious Life in the United States; Global Diffusion of Religion; Applying Sociological Theory to Religion; Religion and Social Issues, Social Change, and Everyday Life; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 15. Saving the Environment; Facing Our Environmental Challenges; How Do Sociologists Study Environmental Issues?; How Did We Mess Up? Theories of Environmental Change; Consumption and the Environment; Who Suffers Most from Environmental Problems?; Social Solutions to Environmental Problems; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Chapter 16. Changing Society through Social Movements; What Is a Social Movement?; Participating in Social Movements; Types of Social Movements; Social Movement Theory; The Six Steps of Social Movement Success; Success Can Bring Backlash: The Marriage Equality Movement; How Can We Create Social Change?; Conclusion; Review; Key Terms; Glossary; References; Index; Learning Activities;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (424 pages)
• Subjects: 301.071; Sociology -- Study and teaching
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544356440; 1544356447
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