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Society: The Basics, 10/E
John J. MacionisKenyon College

ISBN-10: 013501882X
ISBN-13:  9780135018828

Publisher:  Pearson
Copyright:  2009
Format:  Paper; 576 pp
Published:  09/29/2008
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Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

  

John Macionis shares his enthusiasm, excitement and teaching experience with a clear and engaging writing style that connects with students. Macionis', Society: The Basics, 10th edition is designed to help students see the relevance of the sociological theories and ideas that inform their own lives.

 

Four main themes are found throughout the text:

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Social Diversity

Global Comparisons

Critical Thinking

 

The new edition has an innovative new design, contemporary and compelling student applications, plus a wealth of author-written and author-managed supplemental material. This revision elevates Society's high standard of excellence, ensuring that it remains one of the foremost introductory sociology resources for students and instructors alike.

 

 

 



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SEEING SOCIOLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE-  An engaging writing style, dynamic design, and superb photo program help students see the relevance of the sociological theories and ideas that inform their own lives.

  • Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life photo essays: Each chapter ends with a one-page photo essay that develops a key theme of the chapter in terms of everyday experiences and popular culture.
    • For example, Chapter 1 shows how societal forces guide the marriage choices of celebrities.
  • Seeing Sociology in the News, appears in each chapter and are recent news stories from the popular press (New York Times, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Slate, Wall Street Journal, and other sources) that illustrate the power of sociology to make sense of everyday events and trends.
  • Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life boxes apply the ideas and concepts on a more personal level.
  • Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Student Annotations challenge students to apply the sociological perspective to their own lives.
  • Maps and figures come alive with annotation "balloons": Map balloons explain how where you live has real-life consequences for people, amplifying the Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life theme.
  • Designed for a new generation of learners: Society 10/e has been developed to engage student readers, who are the most visually-oriented generation to ever attend college, and help them see sociology come alive.

CRITICAL THINKING AND STUDY SKILLS - Throughout the chapter, critical thinking and study skills guide students through the learning process.

  • Critical Thinking questions in all boxes: Critical thinking questions complete all boxes.
  • Applying Theory tables give the student an ‘at-a-glance’ view on how the various theoretical approaches view the sociological topic at hand.
  • Summing up tables summarize the various concepts in a given chapter in an easy to read format.
  • Concept Outlines
  • Maps and figures balloons point out key patterns and trends, amplifying the Making the Grade theme.
  • Making the Grade: at the end of every chapter, there is a robust learning tool; it includes:
    • Visual Summary, which is a graphic review of the main points of the chapter as well as all the key concepts.  
    • Practice Test, including both multiple choice questions with answers, and suggested essay questions. 

SOCIAL DIVERSITY- Students from all social backgrounds discover a fresh and exciting way to see themselves within the larger social world.

  • Thinking about Diversity: Race, Class, and Gender boxes - focuses on multicultural issues and present voices and people of color.
  • Seeing Ourselves National Maps boxes - 19 maps help illuminate the social diversity in the United States.

 

GLOBAL COMPARISONS - Global boxes and in-text global examples allow students to clearly see themselves and their world in a global context.

  • Thinking Globally boxes - encourages readers to think about their own way of life by examining the diversity that characterizes our world.
  • Window on the World Global Maps boxes - 20 maps offer a comparative look at issues from around the world

 

SUPPLEMENTS

  • Author Written Test Item File–Written by John Macionis, the  test item file is a reliable resource as you try to assess students' mastery of the theoretical, conceptual and factual content of your introductory sociology course.
  • Instructor’s Manual.Offers instructors a basic overview of the wide range of instructor and student supplements and a Resource Organizer to help professors prepare and utilize resources.
  • MySocLab for Macionis, Society, 10/e– MySocLab is an easy-to-use learning management system that allows instructors to assess student progress and adapt course material to meet the specific needs of the class. When students complete an online self-assessment, the results of this test generate an customized study plan, including a variety of tools to help them fully master the material. MySocLab then reports these results to the instructor. Based on these reports, the instructor can adapt course material to suit the needs of individual students or the class as a whole.

 

 

 

 

 


New To This Edition

KEY CHANGES

 

  • Student Annotations: Every 2 page spread has 2 types of student annotations:
    • Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life (helping students apply sociology's perspective and content to their own lives)
    • Making the Grade (material directly aimed at helping them succeed in their course).
  • Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life photo essays: Each chapter ends with a one-page photo essay that develops a key theme of the chapter in terms of everyday experiences and popular culture.
    • For example, Chapter 1 shows how societal forces guide the marriage choices of celebrities
  • Seeing Sociology in the News: This feature, which appears in each chapter, is a recent news story from the popular press (New York Times, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Slate, Wall Street Journal, and other sources) that illustrates the power of sociology to make sense of everyday events and trends.
  • Maps and figures come alive with annotation "balloons": Maps balloons explain how where you live has real-life consequences for people, amplifying the Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life theme. Figure balloons point out key patterns and trends, amplifying the Making the Grade theme.
  • A New Look: The design of Society 10/e has been developed to engage student readers, who are the most visually-oriented generation to ever attend college.
  • Refined "Making the Grade" end-of-chapter material: Each chapter ends with a complete and attractive "Visual Summary" revised to make reviewing content even easier.
  • The latest available statistical data (for 2006, 2007, and even 2008) are used in every case; hundreds of new research studies direct and support the revision.

 

 

CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER CHANGES 

 

Chapter 1: Sociology

  • Updated data on society's influence on family size
  • Data on suicide rates for various categories of the U.S. population continue to support Durkheim's theory
  • "Seeing Sociology in the News" features explains how "rogue sociologist" Sudhir Venkatesh studies street gangs in a Chicago public housing project
  • Revised discussion of research methodologies contrasts positivist, interpretive, and critical approaches; all of the illustrations of major research methods are now followed by "Critical review" discussions
  • Student dialogue opens the final Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life box
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” Photo Essay- “If You Want to Observe ‘Em, Join ‘Em”    

 

Chapter 2: Culture

  • Update on the popularity of instant messaging
  • Latest data on state laws naming English as the official language
  • Cultural values figures around the world has been revised to reflect new data from the World Values Survey
  • Expanded discussion of the effects of post-industrial technology on culture
  • Thinking About Diversity box examines the importance of race, class, and gender in the development of rock and roll and U.S. popular culture
  • Discussion of global culture now considers the fact that most the world's Web pages are written in English
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay-“Stepping into Celebrity Shoes”   

 

Chapter 3: Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age

  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” box asks how our society defines becoming an "adult" point to many different factors
  • Expanded discussion of the importance of schooling to the socialization process
  • "Critical Review" section on agents of socialization survey
  • Expanded discussion on childhood with a look at the "hurried child" syndrome—the idea that today's children are growing up too quickly
  • Student dialogue opens the Controversy & Debate box on human freedom
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay-“Never Too Young for That First Pedicure”  

 

Chapter 4: Social Interaction in Everyday Life

  • Revised Chapter Opener offers an "everyday life" feeling with added dialogue
  • "Your Turn" exercise asks students to think of Internet sites—including MySpace, Xanga, Facebook, and YouTube—in terms of the social construction of reality
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” box allows students to explore the world of virtual interaction at the Second Life web site
  • There is an update on the share of married women who keep their own names
  • Student dialogue has been added to another Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life boxes
  • "Bubbles" added to all the Global Maps to put global patterns in personal terms
  • Several new insights have been added to the discussion of humor
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday” Life photo essay-“Putting Your Best Cyberface Forward”    

 

Chapter 5: Groups and Organizations

  • “Seeing Sociology in the News” discusses Facebook as new type of network that is popular among college students
  • Updated statistics on the share of college students who have participated in some volunteer activity with the last year
  • Revised data on race and gender in the U.S. workforce
  • Expanded discussion of McDonaldization
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay-“The Death of E-Mail”  

 

Chapter 6: Sexuality and Society

  • Student-to-student dialogue in the Chapter Opening presents recent research on sexual activity among high-school students
  • Revised chapter information on state laws concerning gay marriage and domestic partnerships as well as first-cousin marriages
  • Survey data showing public attitudes about: premarital sex, extramarital sex, homosexuality, pornography, and abortion
  • Latest research data on the number of teenage pregnancies and cases of rape in the United States has been incorporated
  • The social-conflict discussion of sexuality now focuses more explicitly on feminist analysis
  • Student-to-student dialogue has been added to the “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” box on the pattern of "hooking up" and to Controversy & Debate on the abortion controversy
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay-“Campus Sexperts”    

 

Chapter 7: Deviance

  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” box on cheating in everyday life has been updated and has new student-to-student dialogue
  • Expanded discussion of secondary deviance
  • “Your Turn” question asks students to consider the use of "rehab" by celebrities as a case of the medicalization of deviance
  • Statistical updates on: punishment given to white-collar offenders, deaths in the nation's coal mines, hate crimes, gun ownership, the number of police officers, other types of crime data
  • Revised maps and figures have new "balloon" captions that help students understand key patterns
  • Major new discussion of the death penalty
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay- More Than 1 in 100 Adults Are Now in Prison in United States”

 

Chapter 8: Social Stratification

  • Reworked analysis of social inequality over the course of Britain's history
  • Updates about stratification in Russia and China
  • Discussion of global income inequality and the Kuznets curve have been expanded
  • Statistical updates on: economic data by race and gender, family income and wealth, educational achievement for the U.S. population, how class standing affects the money parents have available to raise children, pay for the top-earning CEOs, and data on poverty
  • Expanded discussion of homelessness with new data on the extent of this problem
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay- “Middle-Class Americans Increasingly Downbeat about Their Short-Term Economic Progress”

 

Chapter 9: Global Stratification

  • The latest numbers on: which nations fall into low-, middle-, and high-income categories, profiling the world's wealthiest people, reporting the extent of worldwide income inequality, per capita income, quality of life for nations around the world, and debt of low-income nations to high-income countries
  • Maps and figures now have real-life descriptive data in the "balloon" captions
  • Global Snapshot on women's access to health care when they give birth has all new data
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay- “Bottom of the Barrel”    

 

Chapter 10: Gender Stratification

  • The most recent data from the United Nations on which nations come closest to gender equality (and which remained furthest from that goal)
  • Data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor highlighting: the share of women in the labor force, the concentration of women and men in certain categories of jobs, and the income of women and men
  • Latest data presented on the share of top U.S. corporations headed by women
  • Study findings by the U.S. Small Business Administration on the increasing number of small businesses owned by women
  • Latest achievements presented as more women move to center stage in U.S. politics, including gender breakdown of elected leaders at the state and national levels
  • Updated discussion of women in the military
  • Research reported linking women's leadership to greater profits by large corporations
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay- “Don’t Judge Me by My Tights”    

 

Chapter 11: Race and Ethnicity

  • Updates on the statistics of: U.S. births recorded as racially-mixed, minimum wage earned by immigrant, immigrants entering the country each year, income, poverty, and schooling for all racial and ethnic categories
  • "Check Your Learning" has been added to the prejudice theory section
  • Latest information on minority political leaders at the local and national levels incorporated
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay- “Who Are We?  New Dialogue on Mixed Race”    

 

Chapter 12: Economy and Work

  • Opening vignette updated with the latest information about the continuing expansion of the Wal-Mart corporation;
  • Updates on:
    • Government employment
    • Employment rates by gender, race, and ethnicity
    • The share of the U.S. workforce in farming, blue-collar, and white-collar jobs
    • Union membership
    • The rate of self-employment, especially among women
    • Unemployment
    • The share of the largest corporations headed by women and other minorities
    • Tax breaks given to large corporations
  • Explanation of the value of a college degree in lowering the risk of unemployment
  • “Global Sociology” box explains how Denmark does a remarkable job combining prosperity, equality, and political freedom
  • Discussion of politics includes updates on:
    • Democracy around the world
    • The size of government in the United States
    • Special-interest groups and political action committees in U.S. politics
    • The number of terrorist attacks around the world
    • National and global military spending
  • Updated and expanded discussion of the loss of voting rights by people convicted of serious crimes
  • Student Annotations have been added throughout
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay-“Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger”    

 

Chapter 13: Family and Religion

  • Updated statistics on:
    • the cost of raising children
    • the increasing number of grandparents in the United States
    • poverty rates among various categories of U.S. families
    • patterns of family violence
    • and the number of young women who are single
  • Expanded discussion of remarriage and blended families
  • Legal changes since the last edition was published require major rewriting of the section on gay and lesbian couples (now current to mid-2008)
  • Religion section of the chapter includes updates on the share of college students with a religious preference
  • Expanded discussion of new age spirituality
  • Discussion of religious "churning" by which almost half of U.S. adults have switched religious affiliation at least once
  • Student Annotations have been added throughout,
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life photo” essay-“American Dating—Muslim Style”    

 

Chapter 14: Education, Health, and Medicine

  • Chapter opening story has been revised
  • Updates on all educational measures:
    • The number of U.S. children in school
    • School dropout rates
    • Lifetime earnings of college graduates
  • Updated and Expanded discussion of school shootings, with recent cases
  • Expanded coverage of dropping out, with data on ten major urban school systems where less than half of all children graduate from     high school
  • Revised discussions of for-profit schools and adult education updated to include the latest data and trends
  • Health and medicine section of the chapter has updates on:
    • Smoking and gender
    • Smoking among college students
    • Social patterns related to sexually-transmitted diseases
    • The latest numbers and trends in the battle against AIDS
    • The latest on the trend toward universal health care coverage
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay-“Community College; Dream Catchers”   

 

Chapter 15: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

  • All data has been updated to the very latest available
  • Several new examples have also been added throughout the chapter
  • Discussion of demographic transition theory  has been revised for greater clarity
  • Several new "Your Turn" questions have been added to engage students in the material
  • Discussion of Sunbelt cities and urban regions have been updated
  • Revised and expanded discussion of the logic of growth linking our culture to environmental stress
  • "Grandma Macionis" box has been rewritten
  • Major revision and update on global warming
  • Student dialogue has been added to the Controversy & Debate box on population increase
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life” photo essay-“Modern Suburbia Not Just in America Anymore”    

 

Chapter 16: Social Change: Traditional, Modern, and Postmodern Societies

  • The revised chapter has new data reflecting demographic and economic changes in the United States
  • Updated discussion of ways in which life in the United States is becoming better and ways in which it is becoming worse
  • Annotation "balloons" have been added to help students understand figures better
  • “Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life”- “Revolutionary War”  photo essay

 

 


Table of Contents

IN THIS SECTION:

1.) BRIEF

2.) COMPREHENSIVE

 

 

BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

Chapter 2: Culture

Chapter 3: Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age  

Chapter 4: Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Chapter 5: Groups and Organizations

Chapter 6: Sexuality and Society

Chapter 7: Deviance

Chapter 8: Social Stratification

Chapter 9: Global Stratification

Chapter 10: Gender Stratification

Chapter 11:  Race and Ethnicity 

Chapter 12: Economics and Politics

Chapter 13: Family and Religion

Chapter 14: Education, Health and Medicine

Chapter 15: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Chapter 16: Social Change: Traditional, Modern, and Postmodern Societies

 

 

COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

The Sociological Perspective

    Seeing the General in the Particular

    Seeing the Strange in the Familiar

    Seeing Society in Our Everyday Choices

    Seeing Sociologically: Marginality and Crisis

The Importance of a Global Perspective

Applying the Sociological Perspective

    Sociology and Public Policy

    Sociology and Personal Growth

    Careers: The "Sociology Advantage"

The Origins of Sociology

    Social Change and Sociology

    Science and Sociology

Sociological Theory

    The Structural-Functional Approach

    The Social-Conflict Approach

    Feminism and the Gender-Conflict Approach

    The Race-Conflict Approach

    The Symbolic-Interaction Approach

Three Ways to Do Sociology

    Positivist Sociology

    Interpretive Sociology

    Critical Sociology

Research Orientations and Theory

Gender and Research

Research Ethics

Research Methods

    Testing a Hypothesis: The Experiment

    Asking Questions: Survey Research

    In the Field: Participant Observation

    Seeing Sociology in the News

    Using Available Data: Existing Sources

Putting It All Together: Ten Steps in Sociological Research

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

Sample Test Questions

 

Chapter 2: Culture

What is Culture

    Culture and Human Intelligence

    How Many Cultures?

The Elements of Culture

    Symbols

    Language

    Values and Beliefs

    Norms

    Ideal and Real Culture

Technology and Culture

    Hunting and Gathering

    Horticulture and Pastoralism

    Agriculture

    Industry

    Postindustrial Information Technology

    Seeing Sociology in the News

Cultural Diversity

    High Culture and Popular Culture

    Subculture

    Multiculturalism

    Counterculture

    Cultural Change

    Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism

    A Global Culture?

Theoretical Analysis of Culture

    The Functions of Culture: Structural-Functional Analysis

    Inequality and Culture: Social-Conflict Analysis

    Evolution and Culture: Sociobiology

Culture and Human Freedom

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

Sample Test Questions

 

Chapter 3: Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age  

Social Experience: The Key to Our Humanity

    Human Development: Nature and Nurture

    Social Isolation

Understanding Socialization

    Sigmund Freud's Elements of Personality

    Jean Piget's Theory of Cognitive Development

    Lawrence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development

    Carol Gilligan's Theory of Gender and Moral Development

    George Herbert Mead's Theory of the Social Self

    Erik H. Erikson's Eight Stages of Development

Agents of Socialization

    The Family

    The School

    The Peer Group

    The Mass Media

Socialization and the Life Course

    Childhood

    Adolescence

    Seeing Sociology in the News

    Adulthood

    Old Age   

    Death and Dying

    The Life Course: Patterns and Variations

Resocialization: Total Institutions

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

Sample Test Questions

 

Chapter 4: Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Social Structure: A Guide to Everyday Living

Status

    Ascribed and Achieved Status

    Master Status

Role

    Role Conflict and Role Strain

    Role Exit

The Social Construction of Reality

    "Street Smarts"

    The Thomas Theorem

    Ethnomethodology

    Reality Building: Class and Culture

Dramaturgical Analysis: The "Presentation of Self"

    Performances

    Seeing Sociology in the News

    Nonverbal Communication

    Gender Performances

    Idealization

    Embarrassment and Tact

Interaction in Everyday Life: Three Applications

    Emotions: The Social Construction of Feeling

    Language: The Social Construction of Gender

    Reality Play: The Social Construction of Humor

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

Sample Test Questions

 

Chapter 5: Groups and Organizations

Social Groups

    Primary and Secondary Groups

    Group Leadership

    Group Conformity

Reference Groups

    In-Groups and Out-Groups

    Group Size

    Social Diversity: Race, Class, and Gender

    Networks

    Seeing Sociology in the News

Formal Organizations

    Types of Formal Organizations

    Origins of Formal Organizations

    Characteristics of Bureaucracy

    Organizational Environment

    The Informal Side of Bureaucracy

    Problems of Bureaucracy

The Evolution of Formal Organizations

    Scientific Management

    The First Challenge: Race and Gender

    The Second Challenge: The Japanese Work Organization

    The Third Challenge: The Changing Nature of Work

    The "McDonalization" of Society

   The Future of Organizations: Opposing Trends

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

Sample Test Questions

 

Chapter 6: Sexuality and Society

Understanding Sexuality

    Sex: A Biological Issue

    Sex and the Body

    Sex: A Cultural Issue

    The Incest Taboo

Sexual Attitudes in the United States

    The Sexual Revolution

    The Sexual Counterrevolution

    Premarital Sex

    Sex between Adults

    Seeing Sociology in the News

    Extramarital Sex

    Sex over the Life Course

Sexual Orientation

    What Gives Us a Sexual Orientation?

    How Many Gay People Are There?

    The Gay Rights Movement

Sexual Issues and Controversies

    Teen Pregnancy

    Pornography

    Prostitution

    Sexual Violence: Rape and Date Rape

Theoretical Analysis of Sexuality

    Structural-Functional Analysis

    Symbolic-Interaction Analysis

    Social-Conflict and Feminist Analysis

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

Sample Test Questions

 

Chapter 7: Deviance

What is Deviance?

    Social Control

    The Biological Context

    Personality Factors

    The Social Foundations of Deviance

The Functions of Deviance: Structural-Analysis

    Durkheim's Basic Insight

    Merton's Strain Theory

    Deviant Subcultures

Labeling Deviance: Symbolic-Interaction Analysis

    Labeling Theory

    The Medicalization of Deviance

    Sutherland's Differential Association Theory

    Hirschi's Control Theory

Deviance and Inequality: Social-Conflict Analysis

    Deviance and Power

    Deviance and Capitalism

    White-Collar Crime

    Corporate Crime

    Organized Crime

Deviance, Race, and Gender

    Hate Crimes

    The Feminist Perspective: Deviance and Gender

Crime

    Types of Crime

    Criminal Statistics

    The Street Criminal: A Profile

    Crime in Global Perspective

The U.S. Criminal Justice System

    Due Process

    Police

    Courts

    Punishment

    Seeing Sociology in the News

    The Death Penalty

    Community-Based Corrections

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

Sample Test Questions

 

Chapter 8: Social Stratification

What is Social Stratification?

Caste and Class Systems

    The Caste System

    The Class System

    Caste and Class: The United Kingdom

    Classless Societies? The Former Soviet Union

    China: Emerging Social Classes

    Ideology: The Power behind Stratification

The Functions of Social Stratification

    The Davis-Moore Thesis

Stratification and Conflict

    Karl Marx: Class Conflict

    Why No Marxist Revolution?

    Max Weber: Class, Status, and Power

Stratification and Interaction

Stratification and Technology: A Global Perspective

    Hunting and Gathering Societies

    Horticultural, Pastoral, and Agrarian Societies

    Industrial Societies

    The Kuznets Curve

Inequality in the United States

    Income, Wealth, and Power

    Occupational Prestige

    Schooling

    Ancestry, Race, and Gender

Social Classes in the United States

    The Upper Class

    The Middle Class

    The Working Class

    The Lower Class

The Difference Class Makes

    Health

    Values ad Attitudes

    Politics

    Family and Gender

Social Mobility

    Myth versus Reality

    Mobility by Income Level

    Mobility: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

    Mobility and Marriage

    The American Dream: Still a Reality?

    The Global Economy and the U.S. Class Structure

    Seeing Sociology in the News

Poverty in the United States

    The Extent of Poverty

    Who Are the Poor?

    Explaining Poverty

    The Working Poor

    Homelessness

    Class, Welfare, Politics, and Values

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

Sample Test Questions

 

Chapter 9: Global Stratification

Global Stratification: An Overview

    A Word about Terminology

    High-Income Countries

    Middle-Income Countries

    Low-Income Countries

Global Wealth and Poverty

    The Severity of Poverty

    The Extent of Poverty

    Poverty and Children

    Poverty and Women

    Slavery

    Explanations of Global Poverty

Global Stratification: Theoretical Analysis

    Modernization Theory

    Seeing Sociology in the News

    Dependency Theory

Global Stratification: Looking Ahead

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

Sample Test Questions

 

Chapter 10: Gender Stratification

Gender and Inequality

    Male-Female Differences

    Gender in Global Perspective

    Patriarchy and Sexism

Gender and Socialization

    Gender and the Family

    Gender and the Peer Group

    Gender and Schooling

    Gender and the Mass Media

Gender and Social Stratification

    Working Women and Men

    Seeing Sociology in the News

    Gender, Income, and Wealth

    Housework: Women's "Second Shift"

    Gender and Education

    Gender and Politics

    Gender and the Military

    Are Women a Minority?

    Minority Women: Intersection Theory

    Violence against Women

    Violence against Men

    Sexual Harassment

    Pornography

Theoretical Analysis of Gender

    Structural-Functional Analysis

    Social-Conflict Analysis

Feminism

    Basic Feminist Ideas

    Types of Feminism

    Opposition to Feminism

Gender: Looking Ahead

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

Sample Test Questions

 

Chapter 11:  Race and Ethnicity 

The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity

    Race

    Seeing Sociology in the News

    Ethnicity

    Minorities

Prejudice and Stereotypes

    Measuring Prejudice: The Social Distance Scale

    Racism

    Theories of Prejudice

Discrimination

    Institutional Prejudice and Discrimination

    Prejudice and Discrimination: The Vicious Circle

Majority and Minority: Patterns of Interaction

    Pluralism

    Assimilation

    Segregation

    Genocide

Race and Ethnicity in the United States

    Native Americans

    White Anglo-Saxon Protestants

    African Americans

    Asian Americans

    Hispanic Americans/Latinos

    Arab Americans

    White Ethnic Americans

Race and Ethnicity: Looking Ahead

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

Sample Test Questions

 

Chapter 12: Economics and Politics

The Economy: Historical Overview

    The Agricultural Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    The Information Revolution and Postindustrial Society

    Sectors of the Economy

    The Global Economy

    Seeing Sociology in the News

Economic Systems: Paths to Justice

    Capitalism

    Socialism

    Welfare Capitalism and State Capitalism

    Relative Advantages of Capitalism and Socialism

    Changes in Socialist and Capitalist Countries

Work in the Postindustrial U.S. Economy

    The Changing Workplace

    Labor Unions

    Professions

    Self-Employment

    Unemployment and Underemployment

    Workplace Diversity: Race and Gender

    New Information: Technology and Work

Corporations

    Economic Concentration

    Conglomerates and Corporate Linkages

    Corporations: Are They Competitive?

    Corporations and the Global Economy

The Economy: Looking Ahead

Politics: Historical Overview

Politics in Global Perspective

    Monarchy

    Democracy

    Authoritarianism

    Totalitarianism

    A Global Political System?

Politics in the United States

    U.S. Culture and the Rise of the Welfare State

    The Political Spectrum

    Party Identification

    Special Interest Groups

    Voter Apathy

    Should Convicted Criminals Vote?

Theoretical Analysis of Power in Society

    The Pluralist Model: The People Rule

    The Power-Elite Model:  A Few People Rule

    The Marxist Model: The System is Biased

Power beyond the Rules

    Revolution

    Terrorism

War and Peace

    The Causes of War

    Social Class and the Military

    Is Terrorism a New Kind of War?

    The Costs and Causes of Militarism

    Nuclear Weapons

    Mass Media and War

    Pursuing Peace

Politics: Looking Ahead

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

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Chapter 13: Family and Religion

Family: Basic Concepts

Family: Global Variations

    Marriages Patterns

    Residential Patterns

    Patterns of Descent

    Patterns of Authority

Theoretical Analysis of Families

    Functions of Family: Structural-Functional Analysis

    Inequality and Family: Social-Conflict and Feminist Analysis

    Constructing Family Life: Micro-Level Analysis

Stages of Family Life

    Courtship and Romantic Love

    Settling In: Ideal and Real Marriage

    Child Rearing

    The Family in Later Life

    Seeing Sociology in the News

U.S. Families: Class, Race, and Gender

    Social Class

    Ethnicity and Race

    Gender

Transitions and Problems in Family Life

    Divorce

    Remarriage and Blended Families

    Family Violence

Alternative Family Forms

    One-Parent Families

    Cohabitation

    Gay and Lesbian Couples

    Singlehood

New Reproductive Technologies and Family

Families: Looking Ahead

Religion: Basic Concepts

Theoretical Analysis of Religion

    Functions of Religion: Structural-Functional Analysis

    Constructing the Sacred: Symbolic-Interaction Analysis

    Inequality and Religion: Social-Conflict Analysis

Religion and Social Change

    Max Weber: Protestantism and Capitalism

    Liberation Theology

Types of Religious Organizations

    Church

    Sect

    Cult

Religion in History

Religion in the United States

    Religion Commitment

    Religion: Class, Ethnicity, and Race

Religion in a Changing Society

    Changing Affiliation

    Secularization

    Civil Religion

    "New Age" Seekers: Spiritually without Formal Religion

Religious Revival: "Good Old-Time Religion"

Religion: Looking Ahead

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Chapter 14: Education, Health and Medicine

Education: A Global Survey

    Schooling and economic Development

    Schooling in India

    Schooling in Japan

    Schooling in the United States

The Functions of Schooling

Schooling and Social Interaction

    The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Schooling and Social Inequality

    Public and Private Education

    Access to Higher Education

    Greater Opportunity: Expanding Higher Education

    Privilege and Personal Merit

    Seeing Sociology in the News

Problems in the Schools

    Discipline and Violence

    Student Passivity

    Dropping Out

    Academic Standards

    Grade Inflation

Recent Issue in U.S. Education

    School Choice

    Home Schooling

    Schooling People with Disabilities

    Adult Education

    The Teacher Shortage

Schooling: Looking Ahead

Health and Medicine

    Health and Society

Health: A Global Survey

    Health in Low-Income Countries

    Health in High-Income Countries

Health in the United States

    Who is Healthy? Age, Gender, Class, and Race

    Cigarette Smoking

    Eating Disorders

    Obesity

    Sexually Transmitted Diseases

    Ethical Issues Surrounding Death

The Medical Establishment

    The Rise of Scientific Medicine

    Holistic Medicine

    Paying for Medical Care: A Global Survey

    Paying for Medical Care: The United States

    The Nursing Shortage

Theoretical Analysis of Health and Medicine

    Structural-Functional Analysis: Role Theory

    Symbolic-Interaction Analysis: The Meaning of Health

    Social-Conflict and Feminist Analysis

Health and Medicine: Looking Ahead

Seeking Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

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Chapter 15: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Demography: The Study of Population

    Fertility

    Mortality

    Migration

    Population Growth

    Population Composition

History and Theory of Population Growth

    Malthusian Theory

    Demographic Transition Theory

    Global Population Today: A Brief Survey

Urbanization: The Growth of Cities

    The Evolution of Cities

    The Growth of U.S. Cities

    Suburbs and Urban Decline

    Sunbelt Cities and Urban Sprawl

    Megalopolis: The Regional City

    Edge Cities

    The Rural Rebound

Urbanism as a Way of Life

    Ferdinand Tonnies: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

    Emile Durkheim: Mechanical and Organic Solidarity

    Georg Simmel: The Blase Urbanite

    The Chicago School: Robert Park and Louis Wirth

    Urban Ecology

    Urban Political Economy

Urbanization in Poor Nations

    Seeing Sociology in the News

Environment and Society

    The Global Dimension

    Technology and the Environmental Deficit

    Culture: Growth and Limits

    Solid Waste: The Disposable Society

    Water and Air

    The Rain Forests

    Environmental Racism

Looking Ahead: Toward a Sustainable Society and World

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

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Chapter 16: Social Change: Traditional, Modern, and Postmodern Societies

What is Social Change?

Causes of Social Change

    Culture and Change

    Conflict and Change

    Ideas and Change

    Demographic Change

    Social Movements and Change

    Seeing Sociology in the News

    Disasters: Unexpected Change

Modernity

    Ferdinand Tonnier: The Loss of Community

    Emile Durkheim: The Division of Labor

    Max Weber: Rationalization

    Karl Marx: Capitalism

Structural-Functional Analysis: Modernity as Mass Society

    The Mass Scale of Modern Life

    The Ever-Expanding State

Social-Conflict Analysis: Modernity as Class Society

    Capitalism

    Persistent Inequality

Modernity and the Individual

    Mass Society: Problems of Identity

    Class Society: Problems of Powerlessness

Modernity and Progress

Modernity: Global Variation

Postmodernity

Looking Ahead: Modernization and Our Global Future

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life

Making the Grade

Visual Summary

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Glossary

References

Photo Credits

Name Index

Subject Index

 



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Pearson Education and John Macionis thanks the following instructors for reviewing Macionis’ Society: The Basics, 10/e

 

Anita Gardner, Mitchell Community College

Boyejo Adefuye, Collin County Community College 

Chalane Lechuga, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 

Christine Janis, Northern Illinois University

Emily Carroll, Arkansas State University — Jonesboro
Francis Adeola, University of New Orleans
Heather Rimes, Florida Southern College
J Beth Mabry, Indiana University of Penn

Jane Elmore, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Jennifer Haskin-Corwin, Washtenaw Community College/Eastern Michigan University       

Jody Nedley-Newcomb, Southwestern Community College
Karla McLucas, Bennett College for Women
Kathleen Holmes, Darton College
Kendra Murphy, University of Memphis

Kimberly Bottema, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Lee Reineck, Stautzenberger College
Mark Sherry, The University of Toledo
Meryl Nason, University of Texas, Dallas

Michael Abel, Brigham Young University — Idaho
Patricia Gibbs, Foothill College

Roneiko Henderson, Tidewater Community College
Rosalind Fisher, University of West Florida
Scott Potter, Marion Technical College
Sondra McKinney, Southwest Missouri State University
Tim Sexton, Chippewa Valley Technical College


Here are what professors are saying about John Macionis’ Society: The Basics, 10th edition:

Overall review

 

“John Macionis writes a great textbook that is easy to use and that the students enjoy as well.”
Lee Reineck, Stautzenberger College

 

“I have been a Macionis user for almost 12 years and I do not plan on changing in the future.”
Tim Sexton, Chippewa Valley Technical College

 

“Students find the materials to be interesting and engaging. The illustrations are captivating for the students”
Francis Adeola, University of New Orleans

 

“This book is well written for all levels of higher education. Students find it easy to follow along with, yet challenging in the way that it delivers critical thinking analysis.”
Tim Sexton, Chippewa Valley Technical College

 

"Allows the reader to appreciate the relevance of sociology in everyday life."

Boyejo Adefuye, Collin County Community College 

  

"Macionis provides tables, charts, and several visuals summaries that other texts do not. These tools not only assist students towards understanding how sociology "works" in society, but they also facilitate an understanding of "why" social inequities exist in the US and abroad."

Anita Gardner, Mitchell Community College

 

"Macionis is visually stunning."

Patricia Gibbs, Foothill College

 

"Engaging, accessible narrative and illustrations / learning tools."

Patricia Gibbs, Foothill College

 

"Easy to approach and understand, yet thorough."

Jennifer Haskin-Corwin, Washtenaw Community College/Eastern Michigan University       

 

"The boxes are EXCELLENT!!!"

Roneiko Henderson, Tidewater Community College

 

 

 

"Good definitions, nicely organized...students do not have to go "searching" for information during the process of studying for exams."

Christine Janis, Northern Illinois University
 
"Text is well supported by online student materials, in text review, and an excellent study guide."

J Beth Mabry, Indiana University of Penn

 

"Crisp writing, excellent examples, and visually interesting."

J Beth Mabry, Indiana University of Penn

 

"Deals with everyday events and material students can relate to."

Sondra McKinney, Southwest Missouri State University

 

"Macionis is a very good book for stimulating discussion and explaining basic concepts. In many cases, it makes students want to go beyond it and learn more."

Kendra Murphy, University of Memphis

 

"Making the Grade is a big asset. My students need constant reinforcement and this provides it immediately."

Meryl Nason, University of Texas, Dallas

 

"This is a fantastic book, based on my opinion as well as the favorable reports that I get from my students!"

Juanita Ortiz, University of Oklahona, Norman

 

"I like how the author of the text keeps the students in mind when writing the text."

Timothy Sexton, Chippewa Valley Technical College

 

"The topics are broad however simple enough for the students to gain knowledge in each of the areas of interest."

Timothy Sexton, Chippewa Valley Technical College

 

"I like the critical thinking questions presented throughout the text."

Timothy Sexton, Chippewa Valley Technical College

 

"The pages are colorful and full of valuable information."

Timothy Sexton, Chippewa Valley Technical College

 

Strengths of the text

 

“The overall design of the textbook is great - and very easy for the student to follow.”
Kimberly Bottema, Metropolitan State College of Denver

 

[The main strengths of the text are] “The e-text version and MySocLab.”
Kathleen Holmes, Darton College

 

[The main strengths of the text are] “1. Comprehensive Coverage, 2. Up to date issues, 3. Good combination of theory and practice”
Mark Sherry, The University of Toledo

 

“The major strengths of "Society the Basics" include: (1) the fact that it well written and aimed at the intended audience, that is, students taking a sociology course for the first time; (2) the depth of coverage of essential principles, concepts, methodological and theoretical orientations; and (3) the book is well-illustrated.”
Francis Adeola, University of New Orleans

 

[The main strength of this text is] “a level of writing that allows a majority of students to be able to read and understand the concepts.”
Jody Nedley-Newcomb, Southwestern Community College

 

“The 3 main strengths of my current textbook, Society: The Basics are readability, quality and timeliness of information, and organization.”
Lee Reineck, Stautzenberger College

 

[The main strength of this text is] “The emphasis on the sociological imagination.”
Rosalind Fisher, University of West Florida

 

“Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life boxes allow for great discussion and seeing how sociology and its' perspective can be employed in our daily lives. Seeing Ourselves boxes with national and global maps really brings home the fact that our lives our greatly influenced by the society in which we are born into.”
Tim Sexton, Chippewa Valley Technical College

 

[The main strengths of this text are] “1. The organization is excellent. It follows a clear path that is clear and logical. 2. It is well written and I think easy to understand for first year students. Sometimes Sociology books assume the students have some Sociological understanding. 3. The resources are nice and easy to use. Nice ancillaries.”
Scott Potter, Marion Technical College

 

"I like the way this text “backed” into the theory by first presenting concepts/empirical evidence and then theory."

Chalane Lechuga, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 

 

"I like how well balanced the text is between, structural-function, conflict, and symbolic interaction perspectives."

Chalane Lechuga, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 


Review of Chapter 1: Sociology

“Chapter 1 is an excellent depiction of what to expect for the entire book.”
Heather Rimes, Florida Southern College

 

“I like the fact that this chapter covers complex concepts in a way that is clear, concise and interesting. The introduction to how sociological research is done is presented in a way that doesn't intimidate the students who are statistics shy.”
Rosalind Fisher, University of West Florida

 

Review of Chapter 13: Family and Religion

“Students come into sociology classes with various levels of preparation at the high school. This chapter is lucid and easy to understand for virtually all categories of students."

Boyejo Adefuye, Collin County Community College 

 

"Since 1985, I have taught sociology courses at different institutions at various levels. I have used a variety of texts for my courses. On the topic of Family and Religion, this chapter (in this book) is one of the best."

Boyejo Adefuye, Collin County Community College 

 


Author Bios

John J. Macionis  was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.

 

John Macionis' publications are wide-ranging, focusing on community life in the United States, interpersonal intimacy in families, effective teaching, humor, new information technology, and the importance of global education. .

 

In addition, John Macionis and Nijole V. Benokraitis have edited the best-selling anthology Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology. Macionis and Vincent Parrillo have written the leading urban studies text, Cities and Urban Life (Prentice Hall). Macionis’s most recent textbook is Social Problems (Prentice Hall).

 

John Macionis is Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Sociology at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he has taught for almost thirty years. During that time, he has chaired the Sociology Department, directed the college’s multidisciplinary program in humane studies, presided over the campus senate and the college’s faculty, and taught sociology to thousands of students.

 

In 2002, the American Sociological Association presented Macionis with the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching, citing his innovative use of global material as well as the introduction of new teaching technology in his textbooks.

 

Professor Macionis has been active in academic programs in other countries, having traveled to some fifty nations. He writes, “I am an ambitious traveler, eager to learn and, through the texts, to share much of what I discover with students, many of whom know little about the rest of the world. For me, traveling and writing are all dimensions of teaching. First, and foremost, I am a teacher—a passion for teaching animates everything I do.”

 

At Kenyon, Macionis teaches a number of courses, but his favorite class is Introduction to Sociology, which he offers every semester. He enjoys extensive contact with students and invites everyone enrolled in each of his classes to enjoy a home-cooked meal.

 

The Macionis family—John, Amy, and children McLean and Whitney—live on a farm in rural Ohio. In his free time, Macionis enjoys tennis, swimming, hiking, and playing oldies rock-and-roll (he recently released his first CD). Macionis is as an environmental activist in the Lake George region of New York’s Adirondack Mountains, working with a number of organizations, including the Lake George Land Conservancy, where he serves as president of the board of trustees.

 


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Society 10/e shows students how sociology is relevant in their daily lives. The new edition has an innovative new design, contemporary and relevant student applications, plus a wealth of supplemental material. This revision elevates Society's high standard of excellence, ensuring that it remains one of the foremost comprehensive introductory sociology resources for students and instructors alike.

 

 

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