Sociology / Richard Cheever Wallace, Wendy Drew Wallace.
Publication details: Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c1985.Description: xxii, 677 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:- 0205082823
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CONTENTS
PART 1: The Sociological Approach
Chapter 1. Sociology: Origins, Perspectives, and Techniques
Sociology
How Sociology Developed
Constructing Sociological Theory
Sociological Research
PART 2: Social Patterns
Chapter 2. Culture
What is culture
Values and norms
Symbolic elements of culture
How culture differ
Why culture differ
Etc.
Chapter 3. Society
What are societies and how do they function?
The element of social structure
What are the basic types of societies?
Constructing modern and pre-modern societies
What are the basic social processes?
PART 3: Living in groups
Chapter 4. Socialization
What functions does socialization perform in society?
The Socialized Self
Genetic influences on social development
Three characteristics of socialized material
Three models of socialization
Etc.
Chapter 5. Groups and Organizations
What is a group?
Types of groups
Primary and Secondary group Relationships
Small groups
How do groups influence individuals?
Etc.
Chapter 6. Deviance and Social Control
Social Control and Society
What is Deviance?
Who is a Deviant?
Mental illness as deviance
What explains deviance?
Etc.
Chapter 7. Collective Behavior and Social Movements
What are collective behavior and social movements?
Crowds as collective behavior
Diffuse crowd or mass behavior
The life of social movement
What are the types of social movements?
Etc.
PART 4: Social Inequality
Chapter 8. Social Stratification and Mobility
What is stratification?
Why stratification Exists
Social Mobility
Chapter 9. Social Class in the United States
How is the united states Stratified?
Social mobility in the United States
Chapter 10. Race and Ethnic Relations
What is Ethnicity?
What is Race?
What is a minority Group?
What is the difference between Prejudice and Discrimination?
Basic patterns of Ethnic Relations
Etc.
Chapter 11. Inequalities in Gender Role and Age
Sex Roles and Gender Roles
Biological bases for Gender Roles
Cross-culture comparisons of Gender Roles
How are people Socialized in gender roles?
How do gender roles influence our Sexuality?
Etc.
PART 5: Social Institutions
Chapter 12. Marriage and the Family
Love and Marriage
Social Influences on the choice of marriage Partner
Social Influences on Marriage in Other Societies
What is Family, and What are its Functions?
Changes in Family Function
Etc.
Chapter 13. Religion
What is Religion?
How have Religious Beliefs and Institutions affected society and the individual?
Functions of Religion
What are the types of Religions?
What are the types of Religious Organizations?
Etc.
Chapter 14. The Political and Economic Institutions
What is the State?
What are the Bases of Power?
Authority
Differences between States
Why do States Differ?
Etc.
Chapter 15. Education
The Development of Schools in the United States
Access to Formal Education
Formal Education as the Career Sorting and Channeling Mechanism of Society
Formal Education as a Mechanism of Cultural Transmission
Formal Education as away of Stimulating Innovation
Etc.
PART 6: Social Change
Chapter 16. Population and the Environment
What is Demography?
Elements of population: Size, Composition, and Distribution
Population Process
The Malthusian Trap
The Demographic Transition Theory
Etc.
Chapter 17. Social Change and Urbanization
Theories of Social Change
Causes of Social Change
Forecasting Social Change
Urbanization
Etc.
Bibliography: p. 639-659 and index : p. 663-677
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