Sociology: The Essentials
Margaret L. Andersen
Language: English
Pages: 512
ISBN: 1111831564
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
SOCIOLOGY: THE ESSENTIALS, Seventh Edition, uses the theme of debunking myths to look behind the facades of everyday life, encourage you to question common assumptions, and help you better understand how society is constructed and sustained. This thorough yet streamlined book provides exceptional coverage of diversity, including social factors such as age, religion, sexual orientation, and region of residence, in addition to race, ethnicity, class, and gender. Updated with coverage of the latest findings, trends, and themes, this new edition's reader-friendly presentation teaches you the concepts, methods, and research that will sharpen your "sociological imagination" and help you view the world from a different perspective.
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Structure, not individual action. In this sense, functionalist theory is highly sociological. Functionalists also point out that what appears to be dysfunctional behavior may actually be functional for the society. An example is the fact that most people consider prostitution to be dysfunctional behavior; from the point of view of an individual, that is true: It demeans the women who engage in it, puts them at physical risk, and subjects them to sexual exploitation. From the view of functionalist.
But was used to pay off earlier investors. This is the key principle of a Ponzi scheme. In the Madoff case, investors were led to believe that their money was under the competent control of Madoff himself, and because they trusted him, they never saw any records or stock certificates. For the scheme to work, Madoff had to convince new recruits that they could make a great deal of money if they just “left it to him.” In the meantime Madoff siphoned off a portion of the collected funds for himself.
World Trade Center on September of 2001, causing the total collapse of both towers and killing over 3,000 people. Another form of terrorism, and thus cause for international concern, is cyberterrorism, the use of the computer to commit one or more terrorist acts. Terrorists may use computers in a number of ways. Data-destroying computer viruses may be implanted electronically in an enemy’s computer. Another use would be to employ “logic bombs” that lie dormant for years until they are.
Situation. What do your observations tell you about adult socialization? Resocialization may involve degrading initiates physically and psychologically with the aim of breaking down or redefining their old identity. They may be given menial and humiliating tasks and be expected to act in a subservient manner. Social control in such a setting may be exerted by peer ridicule or actual punishment. Fraternities and sororities offer an interesting everyday example of this pattern of resocialization.
Would be engaging in microanalysis but might interpret what is found in the context of macrolevel processes (such as race relations in society). Just as a photographer might use a wide-angle lens to photograph a landscape or a telephoto lens for a closer view, sociologists use both macro- and microanalyses to reveal different dimensions of society. In this chapter, we continue our study of sociology by starting with the macrolevel of social life (by studying total social structures), then.