Sociology : a global introduction / John J. Macionis, Ken Plummer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [893]-918) and indexes.

Brief contents Guide to boxes and features xx Preface xx About the Authors xx Guided Tour xx Acknowledgements xx Part One: Introducing Sociology 00 1 The Sociological Imagination 00 2 Thinking Sociologically, Thinking Globally 00 3 Doing Social Science: An Introduction to Method 00 Interlude 1: Sociological Thinking about Sport 00 Part Two: The Foundations of Society: From Macro to Micro 00 4 Societies 00 5 Culture 00 6 Groups, Organisations and the Rise of the Network Society 00 7 Micro-sociology: the Social Construction of Everyday Life 00 Interlude 2: Introducing a Sociology of Food 00 Part Three: The Unequal World: Social Divisions, Social Inequalities and Social Exclusion 00 8 Social Divisions and Social Stratification 00 9 Global Inequalities and Poverty 00 10 Class, Poverty and Welfare 00 11 Racism, Ethnicities and Migration 00 12 The Gender Order and Sexualities 00 13 Age Stratification: The Elderly and Childhood 00 14 Disabilities, Care and the Humanitarian Society 00 Interlude 3: Social Divisions and Global Youth 00 ####Brief contents Part Four: Social Structures, Social Practices and Social Institutions 00 15 Economies, Work and Consumption 00 16 Power, Governance and Social Movements 00 17 Control, Crime and Deviance 00 18 Families, Households and Personal Cultures 00 19 Religion and Belief 00 20 Education 00 21 Health, Medicine and Well-being 00 22 Communication and the New Media 00 23 Science, Cyberspace and the Risk Society 00 Interlude 4: Our Life Stories: The Sociology of Biography 00 Part Five: Social Change and the Twenty-First Century 00 24 Populations, Cities and the Space of Things to Come 00 25 Social Change and the Environment 00 26 Living in the Twenty-First Century 00 Interlude 5: Epilogue: Social Sufferings, Utopias and the Problem of Values 00 Part Six: Resources for Critical Thinking 00 Film: 100 key films of sociological interest 00 Novels: 100 novels of sociological interest 00 Art and Sociology: Paintings and Photos of Sociological Interest 00 Time and Space: Review the Book for History and World Cultures 00 Websites: 101 Sites of interest 00 You Tube: 100 You Tube Themes 00 Thinkers: 25 Key Social Thinkers 00 Statistics: The Ten Boxes 00 Questions: 25 Key debates of our time 00 Glossary 00 References 00 Name Index 00 Subject Index 00 contents Guide to boxes and features xxx Preface xxx About the authors xxx Guided tour xxx Acknowledgements xxx Part One: Introducing Sociology 00 1 The Sociological Imagination 00 What is sociology? 00 The sociological perspective in everyday life 00 Social change and the origins of sociology 00 Sociologists look to the future 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 00 Appendix: Surfing for sociology: an entrance 00 2 Thinking Sociologically, Thinking Globally 00 What is the classical tradition of sociology? Starting a short tour of sociological theory 00 'Classical', traditional perspectives in sociology 00 Contemporary perspectives in sociology: multiple perspectives, other voices and the postmodern 00 Thinking globally: a global perspective in sociology 00 Taking stock and looking ahead 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 00 3 Doing Social Science: An Introduction to Method 00 The basics of sociological investigation 00 What is a sociological 'truth'? Matters of epistemology 00 Making sense of sociological data 00 The tools of sociological research 00 Ethical, political and policy questions 00 Putting it all together: planning a sociological project 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 00 Interlude 1: Sociological Thinking about Sport 000 Part Two: The Foundations of Society: From Macro to Micro 00 4 Societies 00 Changing patterns of society 00 Explaining modern industrial society: the classical sociological accounts 00 Karl Marx: capitalism and conflict 00 Max Weber: the rationalisation of society and the disenchantment of the world 00 Emile Durkheim: the bonds that tie us together: from mechanical to organic 00 Reviewing the theories 00 The contemporary shape of world societies 00 Conclusion: Change and societies 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 ####Contents 5 Culture 000 What is culture? 00 The major components of culture 00 Cultural diversity: many ways of life in one world 00 Muslim cultures 00 A global culture? 00 Understanding culture 00 From culture to cultural studies 00 Looking ahead: culture and human freedom 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 6 Groups, Organisations and the Rise of the Network Society 000 Social groups 00 Organisations 00 'Social networks' and the rise of the network society 00 Looking ahead: the network society 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 7 Micro-sociology: The Social Construction of Everyday Life 000 The social construction of reality 00 Becoming social: the process of socialisation 00 Becoming biographies? Two theories of socialisation 00 The life course and generations 00 Constructing situations: Erving Goffman and drama 00 Ethnomethodology and conversational analysis 00 The sociologies of identity, emotion and the body 00 Conclusion: micro-sociology 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 Interlude 2: Introducing a Sociology of Food 000 Part Three: The Unequal World: Social Divisions, Social Inequalities and Social Exclusion 000 8 Social Divisions and Social Stratification 000 What is social stratification? 00 Closed and open systems of stratification: slavery, estate, caste and class 00 Some examples of stratification at work: Japan and Russia 00 The role of ideology: stratification's 'staying power' 00 Explaining social stratification 00 Marxist and neo-Marxist ideas on stratification and conflict 00 Max Weber: class, status and power 00 Stratification and technology in global perspective 00 Inequalities, stratification and divisions in the twenty-first century 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 9 Global Inequalities and Poverty 000 What is global stratification? 00 Global wealth and poverty 00 The globalisation of the 'super rich' and the localisation of the 'bottom billion' 00 Who are the global poor? 00 Global inequality: how is it to be explained? 00 Global inequality: looking ahead 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 Contents # 10 Class, Poverty and Welfare 000 The nature of social class 00 Some dimensions of class and social inequality in the UK 00 Layers of social class in the UK 00 Social exclusion and the idea of an underclass 00 Poverty: the lower ends of inequality in capitalist society 00 The 'Death of Class' debate 00 Citizenship and the rise of welfare states 00 Looking ahead: class in the twenty-first century 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 11 Racism, Ethnicities and Migration 000 The social significance of race and ethnicities 00 Prejudice and racism 00 Explaining racism 00 Discrimination 00 Majority and minority: patterns of interaction 00 Migration, ethnicity and race 00 Ethnicity in the UK 00 Racism and ethnic antagonism in Europe 00 The future of ethnic relations 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 12 The Gender Order and Sexualities 000 The Gender Order 00 Key terms and basic distinctions: sex and gender? 00 Patriarchy, gender stratification and sexism 00 Becoming gendered: the case of gender socialisation 00 Nancy Chodorow and the reproduction of mothering 00 Understanding gender 00 Resisting patriarchy: the Women's Movement and feminism 00 Sexualities 00 Sexuality and stratification 00 Understanding sexualities 00 Key elements of sexual stratification: gay and lesbian relations 00 Social change and sexuality 00 Looking ahead: gender and sexuality in the twenty-first century 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 13 Age Stratification: The Elderly and Childhood 000 A sociology of children 00 Growing older: age populations in the twenty-first century 00 The social implications of ageing 00 Researching ageing 00 Looking ahead: ageing

in the twenty-first century 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 14 Disabilities, Care and the Humanitarian Society 000 Clarifying disabilities and differences 00 The classical social theories and disability 00 Stigma and outsiders: cultural responses to disabilities 00 Contemporary disabling responses: legal responses and social policy 00 The Disability Movement 00 Globalisation: differences and disabilities 00 Humanitarianism, care and the humane society 00 ####Contents Looking for the signs of an emerging compassionate society 00 Looking ahead: disability, difference and change 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 Interlude 3: Social Divisions and Global Youth 000 Part Four: Social Structures, Social Practices And Social Institutions 00 15 Economies, Work and Consumption 000 Changing economies: the great transformations 00 Economies: different kinds 00 The changing nature of work 00 Unemployment 00 The world of corporations 00 Consumption in modern economies 00 Looking ahead 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 16 Power, Governance and Social Movements 000 Types of political system 00 The globalisation of politics 00 Gender and power 00 Political organisation in Europe 00 Explaining power? Theoretical analysis of power in society 00 Power beyond the rules 00 New politics: The rise of social movements 00 The globalisation of 'human rights regimes'? 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 17 Control, Crime and Deviance 000 Some opening definitions 00 The social and global shapes of crime 00 Changes in social control 00 Explaining crime and deviance 00 Looking ahead 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 18 Families, Households and Personal Cultures 000 What are families? 00 Family and history 00 Thinking about families: theories and ideas 00 Family differences in the UK: class, ethnicity and gender 00 Practices of family life 00 Towards the postmodern family? 00 Looking ahead: families in the twenty-first century 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 19 Religion and Belief 000 What is religion? 00 Understanding religion 00 The nature of religious organisations 00 The social shapes of global religions 00 Religion in Europe 00 Religion in the twenty-first century 00 Taking stock and looking ahead 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 Contents # 20 Education 000 Global education and literacy 00 Schooling around the world 00 Understanding education in the modern world 00 Social divisions and schooling 00 Education in the twenty-first century: some current issues 00 Looking ahead 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 21 Health, Medicine and Well-being 000 What is health? 00 Health: a global survey 00 Healthcare provision and medicine 00 Understanding health and medicine 00 A growing health problem: the overweight and the underweight 00 HIV/AIDS and sociology 00 Death, dying and sociology 00 Taking stock and looking ahead: health in the twenty-first century 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 22 Communication and the New Media 000 The media age 00 Communications and social change 00 The twentieth century: harbinger of new media 00 Media theories 00 Three key questions in media analysis 00 The globalisation of the media 00 Looking ahead: the future of the media 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 23 Science, Cyberspace and the Risk Society 000 Risk and the three scientific revolutions of the twentieth century 00 Knowledge and science: traditions of study 00 The quantum revolution: human society and the cosmos 00 The 'biotechnology revolution': social issues 00 The computer revolution and the information society 00 Looking to the future: technology and the risk society 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 Interlude 4: Our Life Stories: The Sociology of Biography 000 Part Five: Social Change and the Twenty-First Century 00 24 Populations, Cities and the Space of Things to Come 000 The sociology of space 00 Demography and population 00 Key factors shaping the population 00 Population growth 00 Urbanisation: space and the city 00 Understanding cities? 00 Looking ahead: population and urbanisation in the twenty-first century 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 25 Social Change and the Environment 000 Sociology, natural disasters and the global environment 00 Sociology and the natural environment 00 ####Contents The changing global environment 00 Growth and its limits 00 The 'social practices' of degrading the environment 00 Constructing the social problem of the environment 00 The environmental movement 00 Taking stock and looking ahead: for a sustainable world? 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 26 Living in the Twenty-First Century 000 Sociology tells one grand story, and a multitude of smaller ones 00 Social change and modernity 00 Causes of social change 00 Recalling modernity 00 The world as it is now: the good news and the bad news 00 The future and change: new kinds of society in the making? 00 Globalisation revisited 00 The cyber-information society revisited 00 Postmodernism revisited 00 The risk society revisited 00 The shape of societies to come / A New World Order? 00 In conclusion 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 Interlude 5: Epilogue: Social Sufferings, Utopias and the Problem of Values 000 Part Six: Resources for Critical Thinking 000 Film: 100 key films of sociological interest 00 Novels: 100 novels of sociological interest 00 Art and Sociology: Paintings and Photos of Sociological Interest 00 Time and Space: Review the Book for History and World Cultures 00 Websites: 101 Sites of interest 00 You Tube: 100 You Tube Themes 00 Thinkers: 25 Key Social Thinkers 00 Statistics: The Ten Boxes 00 Questions: 25 Key debates of our time 00 Glossary 00 References 00 Name Index 00 Subject Index 00