Sociology
By John J. Macionis
Description
John Macionis, like many college students, found his passion and lifes work after taking an introductory sociology course. Sociology helped him make sense of the world around him. John shares his enthusiasm, excitement and teaching experience through a clear and engaging writing style that connects with students.
This is the introductory sociology text that shows students how sociology is relevant in their daily lives. Sociology, 12/e, has an innovate new design, contemporary and relevant student applications, plus a wealth of supplemental material. This revision elevates Sociologys high standard of excellence, ensuring that it remains one of the foremost comprehensive introductory sociology resources for students and instructors alike.
Sociology, 12/E strengthens the Macionis tradition of helping students see sociology in their everyday life!
Table Of Contents
Brief Table of Contents:
Part I: The Foundations of Sociology
1. The Sociological Perspective
2. Sociological Investigation
Part II: The Foundations of Society
3. Culture
4. Society
5. Socialization
6. Social Interaction in Everyday Life
7. Groups and Organizations
8. Sexuality and Society
9. Deviance
Part III: Social Inequality
10. Social Stratification
11. Social Class in the United States
12. Global Stratification
13. Gender Stratification
14. Race and Ethnicity
15. Aging and the Elderly
Part IV: Social Institutions
16. The Economy and Work
17. Politics and Government
18. Families
19. Religion
20. Education
21. Health and Medicine
Part V: Social Change
22. Population, Urbanization, and Environment
23. Collective Behavior and Social Movements
24 . Social Change: Traditional, Modern, and Postmodern Societies
Features
Established Features of Macionis, Sociology:
Each chapter begins with three questions–’What’ ‘How’ and ‘Why’. These alert students to key themes discussed in the chapter.
* An engaging writing style: This text offers a writing style widely praised by students and faculty as clear and engaging.
* The most up to date research and data: Sociology,12/e contains the latest information as reported by the leading publications in the field.
* Emphasis on critical thinking: This text encourages students to discover on their own.
* Social diversity: Sociology invites students from all social backgrounds to discover a fresh and exciting way to see themselves within the larger social world.
o Sociology in Everyday Life boxes contain entertaining stories and accounts,showing how students see sociology in everyday life
o In The Times articles bring sociology to life for students. Found in each chapter, these recently published New York Times articles apply issues in sociology to everyday life.
* Global Sociology: A hallmark feature of Sociology, global boxes and in-text allow students to view the United States in global context.
* Applying Theory: These tables give the student an at-a-glance view on how the various theoretical approaches view the sociological topic at hand.
* Summing up tables: These tables summarize the various concepts in a given chapter in an easy to read format.
* Cutting edge deisgn and photos woven throughout the text draw the reader in and keep them engaged
New To This Edition
New in text features in Sociology, 12/e
* Making the Grade. This new five part active learning system is designed to help student succeed in the course. Includes a visual summary of the chapter with page number references, definitions of key terms and a sample test. Making the Grade makes student review and assessment easy!
* Talking Graphs. Annotated maps and charts give students the opportunity to view data in a whole new way. These personalized map/graph additions show how the everyday life of a real person is affected in the context of global and national data.
* Student to Student feature: Through his experiences of writing an Introductory Sociology textbook and teaching the course as well, author John J. Macionis has fielded various questions and comments from students all over the country.These questions and observations are now featured throughout the text in a new feature called Student to Student, designed to draw the readers attention to specific topics and issues of interest
* Tips and Getting it Right student annotations: Written by John Macionis, these feature are designed to help students capture the main ideas in each section. The tips give student guidance and friendly advice while reading through the chapter. Getting it right features a concept that the student must master to ensure their success in the course.
* Controversy and Debate. This new feature present several points of view on hotly debated issues designed to enhance student engagement about certain sociological topics. Each Controversy and Debate box ends with a series of questions to generate class discussion and individual reflection.
* Check Your Learning helps students to gauge how well they understand of important theoretical material.
* Your Turn feature are questions thatask the reader to apply the ideas and concepts being discussed in the text to their personal lives.
Chapter-by-Chapter Changes
Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective.
- Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life box Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
- “In the Times” No degree, and no way back to the middle class
- Controversy & Debate box Is Sociology Nothing More than Stereotypes is revised with student dialogue
Chapter 2: Sociological Investigation.
- Increased emphasis on showing students how to apply sociological methods to their everyday lives.
- “In the Times” Why are there so many single Americans?
Can People lie with Statistics? Controversy & Debate box is revised with student dialogue
Chapter 3: Culture.
- New discussion of value clusters
- New material on emerging values
- Updated statistics on people who speak a language other than English at home
- “In the Times” The Economy May Be Global, But Not Languages or Culture
- Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life box New Symbols in the World of Instant Messaging
- Thinking About Diversity: Race, Class, & Gender box- Early Rock-and-Roll: Race, Class, and Cultural Change
- New discussion of how the war on terror has raised questions about multiculturalism
- Updated discussion of cultural change
Chapter 4: Society.
- New photos discuss material in terms of today’s popular culture
Chapter 5: Socialization.
- “In the Times” Amazing + Driven to Excel, For Girls, Its Be Yourself, and Be Perfect, Too!
-Latest statistics on the extent of television viewing in the United States
- Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life- Are We Grown Up Yet? Defining Adulthood. Opens with new student dialogue.
- Applying Sociology in Everyday Life new exercise explaining George Herbert Mead’s concepts of the “I” and the “me”.
Chapter 6: Social Interaction in Everyday Life.
-”In the Times” story In Certain Circles, Two is a Crowd.
- Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Performances Online? Visit Second Life!
- New research included in the discussion of humor that links laughter to surviving cancer
- Examples of key concepts have been added throughout the chapter
Chapter 7: Groups and Organizations.
- Updated chapter opening on the rise of McDonalds as a type of organization
- “In the Times”- In Your Facebook.com
- Update on the success of Japanese business organizations
Chapter 8: Sexuality and Society.
-New chapter opener describes the results of a recent study of sexual activity among high school students
-”In the Times”- When a Kiss Is More than a Kiss”
- Updated information on the extent of sexual content in television shows, public support for homosexuality, and gay marriage laws
- New photographs provide a broader look at sexuality as portrayed in films and other mass media
- New research updating patterns of sexual activity among young people
Chapter 9: Deviance.
- Theoretical discussions are now followed by “√ Your Learning” questions found at the end of theoretical discussions.
- Updated examples of current events throughout the chapter;
- “In the Times”- For $82 a Day, Booking a Cell in a 5-Star Jail
- Updated statistics on crime in the United States
Chapter 10: Social Stratification.
- “In the Times” In Todays India, Status Comes with Four Wheels
- Expanded discussion of status consistency in class systems.
- New discussion of the operation of aristocracy in England before the Industrial Revolution;
- Updated discussion of social inequality in China and Russia has been updated
- Expanded discussion of the Kuznets
Chapter 11: Social Class in the United States.
- Updated statistics for all measures of inequality, including income, wealth, and schooling, and also contains the latest poverty data for the United States
- “In the Times”- Money Changes Everything.
- Updated sections on mobility and the American dream, including the box on CEOs in the US
-New research informs the discussion of homelessness in the United States
Chapter 12: Global Stratification.
- Revised discussion of high-, middle-, and low-income nations reflect the latest data about global economic development
-New reports from the United Nations support an up-to-date survey of the economic and social standing of the world’s countries
- New report describing the widespread abuse of children in the Darfur region of Sudan mentioned in the discussion of poverty and children.
-”In the Times” Crowds of Pupils but little else in African Schools.
-Global Snapshot highlights the social standing of women
- Latest data and research findings included in the discussion of economic trends in the world.
Chapter 13: Gender Stratification.
- Updated discussion of global patriarchy to include Musuo, a small society in China’s Yunnan province, where women have most of the power
-Updates on the rising share of women on U.S. campuses, as well as how gender guides the majors that people choose
-Expanded discussion of the beauty myth to include eating disorders
- Updated statistics on women’s and mens work, income and wealth, and schooling
- “In the Times”- How Suite It Isnt: A Death of Female Bosses?
- New data included in the sections on intersection theory and violence against women
- Expanded discussion of women in the U.S. military.
- Applying Theory table summarizes the liberal, socialist, and radical approaches within feminism
Chapter 14: Race and Ethnicity.
- Expanded discussion of the social construction of race
-”In the Times” The Price of a Word and the Pain It Causes.
- Updated statistics on the meaning people give to race as well as the number of people in various racial and ethnic categories
-Revised chapter notes the fact that minorities are now a numerical majority in Texas and three other states;
- Updated discussion of genocide to include recent events in the Darfur region of Sudan
- Examination of African American political clout now includes mention of the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama;
Chapter 15: Aging and the Elderly.
- Account of the increasing number of seniors returning to community colleges to retrain for second careers now included in the discussion of older people in everyday life.
- Updated statistics on the health of older people of various income levels
- “In the Times”- Here Come the Great-Grandparents.
- Up-to-date reexamination on the policy of euthanasia in the Netherlands and in the United States
Chapter 16: The Economy and Work.
- Updated chapter opening on the expansion of Wal-Mart with the latest statistics
- New data for the economic output of various sectors of the economy for rich and poor countries
- Expanded discussion of economic trends to include the shift toward socialist systems in a number of countries in South America
-”In the Times”- Many Entry-Level Workers Find Pinch of Rough Market
- Updated statistics describing the labor force of the United States and other nations have
- Latest statistics on unionization, the size of U.S. corporations, average wages, and unemployment are provided;
Chapter 17: Politics and Government.
- New chapter opening raises questions about how various nations define “terrorism” and illustrates the operation of politics at the international level
-Number of nations in the world is updated (there are now 193)
- He has Updated discussion about politics in global perspective, including the Window on the World map called Political Freedom in Global Perspective
-”In the Times” Talking the War Out of a Child Soldier.
- Updated statistics on the political attitudes, party identification, number of lobbyists and PACs working in our nation’s capital, casualties from the Iraq War, and the extent of terrorism around the world
Chapter 18: Families.
- Updated statistics on a wide range of social patterns, including infidelity, divorce, various types of marriages, actual family size, and the number of children parents consider to be ideal
- Latest data on the relative social standing of African American, Latino, and Asian American families is provided;
- Latest legal changes and challenges regarding domestic partnerships and marriage for same-sex couples are documented
- Updated Controversy & Debate box looks at the pros and cons of traditional families; a – “In the Times” Girl or Boy? As Fertility Technology Advances, So Does an Ethical Debate.
Chapter 19: Religion.
- Update statistics on the religiosity of the U.S. population.
- Expanded coverage of the debate between creationism and evolution to include recent events
- Newest publications in the sociology of religion cited in order to support discussions.
-”In the Times”- A Muslim Leader in Brooklyn, Reconciling Two Worlds.
Chapter 20: Education.
- New statistics provided on the educational achievement of the U.S. population, including college enrollment, how much a college degree boosts lifetime income, and changes in the presence of both men and minorities on campus
- New material includes evidence on the results of the No Child Left Behind Act
- Expanded discussion of unequal school funding to include the statewide funding policy recently enacted in Vermont
-”In the Times” Community College; Dream Catchers.
- Updated information on how U.S. adults rate our public schools as well as on dropout rates by race and ethnicity and by family income level;
- Discussion of school violence now includes analysis of the 2007 Virginia Tech killings and the tension between protecting student privacy and ensuring the safety of the campus population
- New scholarly comparison of the performance of U.S. students to those in other nations in science and mathematics;
Chapter 21: Health and Medicine.
-Up-to-date statistics provided on the links between income and health and on life expectancy in the United States for women and men, on the official incidence of various sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, in national and global perspective, on the share of physicians who are women and other minorities, and on the share of the population not covered by health insurance.
-”In the Times” Life at the Top in America Isnt Just Better, Its Longer.
- Expanded discussion of eating disorders to include more information on the role of the economy and the mass media in promoting anorexia, bulimia, and obesity
- Updated information on the rise in support for national health care coverage
- Significant new symbolic-interaction analysis investigates how surgery affects the way people think about themselves and how others see them
Chapter 22: Population, Urbanization, and Environment.
- Latest data on global population, including fertility and mortality statistics, and on urbanization trends;
- “In the Times” Cities Compete in Hipness Battle to Attract Young.
- Expanded discussion of the logic of growth.
Chapter 23: Collective Behavior and Social Movements.
-New chapter opening describes the importance of events such as Hurricane Katrina to the study of disasters.
-New National Map shows where a 2007 “virtual march” against the war in Iraq was most and least successful in mobilizing people
-”In the Times” Big People on Campus.
Chapter 24: Social Change: Traditional, Modern, and Postmodern Societies.
- New survey data show what people think of our modern world and document a host of social trends, including inequality
-”In the Times” Telegrapher Badges? Gone. But Scouts Survive.
- Updated Controversy & Debate box on balancing personal freedom and social responsibility to include the recent heroic act of New York subway Good Samaritan Wesley Autry
* Publisher: Pearson Education
* Number Of Pages: 744
* Publication Date: 2007-11-29
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0135156726
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780135156728
* Binding: Paperback
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