{"product_id":"living-sociologically-9780197585641","title":"Living Sociologically","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiving Sociologically is one of the more actively engaging books on the market. It pulls the reader in with great examples, complex topics and multi-discipline methods. * Pamela Monaghan-Geernaert, Northern State University   *\u003cbr\u003eLiving Sociologically uses a distinct and helpful organization style that includes paired concepts, which are bound to be interesting to students. It also offers data literacy and news-based exercises to keep students engaged while they cultivate important skills. * Molly Monahan Lang,Penn State Erie, The Behrend College   *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents Preface   PART I: The Basics  CHAPTER 1  What Is Sociology?  1.1 What Is Sociology?  The Sociological Imagination  The Discipline of Sociology  Sociology and Everyday Knowledge  1.2 Levels of Analysis  Microsociology Macrosociology  Institutional Perspectives  1.3 Thinking Relationally: The Paired Concepts  Solidarity and Conflict  Power and Resistance  Inequality and Privilege  Global and Local  Structure and Contingency  1.4 Why Sociology?  CAREERS: Opportunities for Sociology Majors  CHAPTER 2  American Sociology: Theory and Methods  2.1 Thinking Like a Sociologist  Critical Questions and the Sociological Imagination  2.2 Sociology: Theory and Contexts   Classical Sociology  Sociology in America  Moving Away from Grand Theories  Theories about Difference  The Cultural Turn  Global Context  Sociology Today  2.3 Social Research: Purpose and Process  Social Research and Ethics  Science and Complex Societies  Research Methods and Critical Literacy Data and Measurement  Variables, Data Collection, and Causal Relationships  Common Strategies for Sociological Research  Basic, Applied, and Public Sociology  CAREERS: The Importance of Theory CASE STUDY: Understanding Covid-19  PAIRED CONCEPTS POWER AND RESISTANCE: Protecting Human Subjects in Social Research  INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Forgotten Founders in Sociology  GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Citizen Science: Using Local Data to Understand Global Patterns  STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: The Baby Einstein Phenomenon  SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Race, Difference, and the Politics of Medical Research  PART II: Structure and Control  CHAPTER 3  Culture  3.1 How Do Sociologists Study Culture?  What Is Culture?  Ideal Culture and Material Culture  3.2 Culture and Power  Recognizing and Resisting Cultural Power  3.3 Types of Culture in Today's World  Global Culture   Dominant Cultures and Subcultures  Popular Culture, Commercial Culture, and High Culture  CAREERS: Working in the Creative Industries  CASE STUDY: Protesting the National Anthem  PAIRED CONCEPTS STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion  GLOBAL AND LOCAL: The History of Manga  SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Music and Social Protest  POWER AND RESISTANCE: Fanfiction  INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Who Goes to the Museum and Opera?  CHAPTER 4  Socialization, Social Interaction, and Group Life  4.1 Socialization and Selfhood  Nature and Nurture  The Social Self  Agents of Socialization  Adult Socialization  4.2 Interaction and the Social Construction of Reality  Status and Role  Performance and the Social Self  Social Interaction in a Digital Age  4.3 Group Life  Group Size  Primary Groups and Secondary Groups  Reference Groups  Bureaucracy in Group Life  Social Networks in Group Life  CAREERS: Getting a Job: The Strength of Weak Ties  CASE STUDY: Caitlyn Jenner and Gender Socialization  PAIRED CONCEPTS INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Different Styles of Parenting  STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: What Is the Meaning of Fair Play? The 2012 Olympic Badminton Controversy  POWER AND RESISTANCE: Challenging Gender Stereotypes with the SlutWalk Campaign  SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: The Stanford Prison Experiment  GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Bureaucracy in Singapore  CHAPTER 5  Deviance, Crime, and Punishment  5.1 Deviance  Why Does Deviance Exist?  The Social Construction of Deviance 5.2 Crime  Categories of Crime  Policing Crime  Surveillance  5.3 Punishment  Punishment as a Public Display of Morality  Punishment and Treatment  Incarceration  CAREERS: The Criminal Justice Field  CASE STUDY: Why Are Crime Stories So Popular?  PAIRED CONCEPTS STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: Is Chewing Gum Deviant?  SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: The Moral Panic over Pandemic Hoarding  POWER AND RESISTANCE: What's Wrong with Graffiti?  GLOBAL AND LOCAL: The Global Drug Trade  INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Punishment and Plea Bargaining  PART III: Difference and Inequality   CHAPTER 6  Inequality, Mobility, and Social Change  6.1 What Is Inequality?  Is Inequality Natural or Social?  Is Inequality Good or Bad?  Inequality and Stratification  6.2 Types of Stratification  Caste Systems  Class Systems  Status Systems  Party Systems: Inequality through Meritocracy  6.3 A Portrait of Stratification Today  Stratification in the United States  Global Stratification  6.4 Social Mobility  Social Factors Associated with Mobility  Structural Mobility  6.5 Social Change and the Attempt to Create More Equality  Social Policy  Social Conflict  CAREERS: Social Mobility and Career Planning  CASE STUDY: The Bachelor: Crystallizing Stratification on TV  PAIRED CONCEPTS POWER AND RESISTANCE: Ending Apartheid in South Africa  INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Marketing to the Super-Rich  GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Wealthy Chinese Students at Elite US Schools  STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: Creating Social Security  SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: A Short History of the Workers' Strike in the United States  CHAPTER 7  Race, Ethnicity, and Multiculturalism  7.1 The Social Construction of Race  Race and Biology  The Changing Understanding of Race over Time  Race and Ethnicity  7.2 Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States  Defining and Measuring Race in Official Government Data  Native Americans  White Ethnic Groups African Americans  Latinas and Latinos  Asian Americans  7.3 Race, Privilege, and Inequality  The Privileges of Being in the Majority Group  Racial Discrimination and Segregation  Consequences of Discrimination  Racial Conflict  7.4 Multiculturalism and Diversity  Multiculturalism (Movement and Policy)  Multiracial and Multiethnic Identities   7.5 Immigration     Trends in Immigration     What Causes Immigration?     Immigrant Communities  7.6 The Politics of Immigration     Laws About Citizenship and Immigration     Anti-Immigrant Movements  CAREERS: Multiculturalism in the Workplace  CASE STUDY: Intersecting Identities  PAIRED CONCEPTS STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: The Growth and Success of Native American Casinos  SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and the Struggle to Define African American Politics  GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Latino Computer Engineers from Colombia and Puerto Rico  INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: How Irish Americans Became White  POWER AND RESISTANCE: Black Lives Matter   CHAPTER 8  Gender, Sexuality, and the Body  8.1 Sex, Gender, and the Body  Gender and Performance  Gender Stereotypes  8.2 Gender and Power  Masculinity and Femininity  The Gender Order  Divisions of Labor  Workplace Harassment and Sexual Exclusions in Work and Public Spaces  Challenging Patriarchy and the History of the Women's Movement   8.3 Sexuality and the Body  The Marketing of Romance  Heteronormativity  Queer Identities beyond the Closet  CAREERS: Women, Men, and Social Networks  CASE STUDY: Gender Intersections at McDonald's  PAIRED CONCEPTS STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: Classifying Intersex Babies  INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Men in Pink-Collar Work  SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Feminist Politics  GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Sex Work  POWER AND RESISTANCE: Stonewall  PART IV: Institutions and Issues  CHAPTER 9  Health, Illness, and Medicine  9.1 Health   Geography, Class, Race, Gender, Age, and Other Differences  Genetics  Environment  An Intersectional Understanding of Health Disparities  9.2 Illness  Experiencing Illness Differently  Being a Patient  Medicalization   9.3 Medicine  Public Health   Medical Institutions  Social Responses to Sickness and Illness  Access to Health Care   CAREERS: Sociology and Medicine  CASE STUDY: Genetic Testing  PAIRED CONCEPTS INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: How Inequality Shapes Our Final Years  POWER AND RESISTANCE: Stigma and Size  SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Disruptive Behavior in Medical Settings  GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Does Modern Society Make You Sick?  STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: Waiting for an Organ Transplant  CHAPTER 10  Marriage, Family, and the Law  10.1 Family and Society  Family, Kinship, and Society  Marriage and Family as Social Institutions  10.2 Changes in Marriage and Family  Traditional Families and Nuclear Families  Divorce  Single-Parent Families  Delay and Decline of Marriage  Boomerang Kids and Sandwich Parents  Transnational Families  10.3 Challenging Family Forms  Feminist Challenges to the Family  Blended Families  Multiracial Families  Lesbian and Gay Families  CAREERS: Marriage and Family Therapists  CASE STUDY: Family Names  PAIRED CONCEPTS INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Legal Biases in Favor of Marriage  SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Disagreements over Parenting Styles  STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: \"Bird-Nesting\" as a Co-Parenting Strategy after Divorce  GLOBAL AND LOCAL: Korean \"Wild Geese\" Families  POWER AND RESISTANCE: Loving v. Virginia  CHAPTER 11  Politics, Media, and Social Movements  11.1 Politics as the Struggle for Influence  Power, Authority, and Hegemony   11.2 Politics and Democracy  Systems of Representation  Representing the People  11.3 Mediated Politics  Media and Agenda Setting  Economic Distortions of the Media Agenda  11.4 Social Change  Challenging the Powerful  Organizing for Change  Getting Noticed  Movement Success  CAREERS: Sociology and Politics  CASE STUDY: The Strange History of the US Electoral College   PAIRED CONCEPTS POWER AND RESISTANCE: Public Protests in Tahrir Square  INEQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE: Who Gets Elected to the US Senate?  SOLIDARITY AND CONFLICT: Push Polls and the Politics of Division  STRUCTURE AND CONTINGENCY: Barack Obama and","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524592312663,"sku":"9780197585641","price":78.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197585641.jpg?v=1731857393","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/living-sociologically-9780197585641","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}