Principles of Sociology

PUBLISHER'S PREFACE; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PART I: THEORY AND METHODOLOGY; LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES AND BOXES; INTRODUCTION: WHY NOT BECOME A SOCIOLOGIST?; LORNE TEPPERMAN AND PATRIZIA ALBANESE; INTRODUCTION; A DEFINITION OF SOCIOLOGY; HOW SOCIOLOGY DIFFERS FROM OTHER ACADEMIC FIELDS; CONCLUSION; BRUCE ARAI AND ANTHONY THOMSON; INTRODUCTION: WHY THEORY AND METHODS?; THE BIRTH OF SOCIOLOGY IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION; EMILE DURKHEIM; KARL MARX; MAX WEBER; SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM; CONFLICT THEORY; FEMINIST SOCIOLOGY; THEORY AND RESEARCH; RESEARCH TECHNIQUES; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; PART II: MAJOR SOCIAL PROCESSES; SHYON BAUMANN; INTRODUCTION: WHY STUDY CULTURE?; WHAT IS CULTURE?; THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN SOCIAL THEORY; CULTURAL REALMS; CULTURAL DYNAMICS; CANADIAN CULTURE; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; BARBARA A. MITCHELL; INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS SOCIALIZATION?; HUMAN BEHAVIOUR-NATURE OR NURTURE?; THEORIZING SOCIALIZATION; THE FAMILY; THE PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; MASS MEDIA; THE LIFE COURSE, AGING, AND SOCIALIZATION; SOCIALIZATION PROCESSES: PAWNS, PUPPETS, OR FREE AGENTS?; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; DOROTHY PAWLUCH, WILLIAM SHAFFIR, AND LORNE TEPPERMAN; INTRODUCTION; A FUNCTIONALIST VIEW OF STATUSES AND ROLES; SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM: ROLES, SELF, IDENTITY; SETS OF PEOPLE, DIFFERENTLY ORGANIZED; CLIQUES; BUREAUCRACIES; HOW BUREAUCRACIES ACTUALLY WORK; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; VINCENT F. SACCO AND ALICIA D. HORTON; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS DEVIANCE?; DEVIANCE AS A SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPT; RESEARCHING DEVIANCE; THE SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR; MAKING SENSE OF THE 'FACTS' OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR; THE SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANT CATEGORIES; DEVIANCE AND POST-MODERNISM; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; PART III: TYPES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY; ANN D. DUFFY AND SARA J. CUMMING; INTRODUCTION; CLASS AND STATUS INEQUALITIES IN SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT; UNDERSTANDING POVERTY; POLICIES TO ADDRESS POVERTY; CONCLUSION: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES-FUTURE TRENDS; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; JANET SILTANEN, ANDREA DOUCET, AND PATRIZIA ALBANESE; INTRODUCTION: GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND YOU; GENDER AND SEXUALITY AS CRITICAL VANTAGE POINTS; LIVING GENDERED LIVES; CONCLUSION: ON TO THE FUTURE ... GENDER RELATIONS AND SOCIAL CHANGE; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; NIKOLAOS I. LIODAKIS; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING ETHNICITY AND RACE; BUILDING A NATION OR TWO: CANADA'S DEVELOPMENT THROUGH IMMIGRATION; THE NEW MOSAIC: RECENT CANADIAN IMMIGRATION TRENDS; MULTICULTURALISM AND ITS CRITICS; PREJUDICE AND RACISM; CULTURALISM AND POLITICAL ECONOMY: EXPLAINING SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES; FROM THE VERTICAL TO THE COLOUR-CODED MOSAIC; DIFFERENTIALS WITHIN ETHNIC AND RACIALIZED GROUPS: THE ROLES OF CLASS, GENDER, AND PLACE OF BIRTH; CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF RACE AND ETHNICITY; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; PART IV: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS; MAUREEN BAKER; INTRODUCTION; FAMILY VARIATIONS; EXPLAINING FAMILY PATTERNS AND PRACTICES; RECENT ISSUES IN CANADIAN FAMILIES; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; TERRY WOTHERSPOON; INTRODUCTION; THE CHANGING FACE OF EDUCATION; ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTS OF EDUCATIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPANTS; EDUCATIONAL POLICY, POLITICS, AND IDEOLOGIES; EDUCATION, WORK, AND FAMILIES; EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND INEQUALITIES; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; PAMELA SUGIMAN; INTRODUCTION; WORLD ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; THE GLOBAL ECONOMY; THE CAPITALIST ECONOMY: WHERE PEOPLE WORK; THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF WORK TODAY; THE CHANGING FACE OF LABOUR: DIVERSITY AMONG WORKERS; WORKERS' COPING AND RESISTANCE: THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY AND RIGHTS; CONCLUSION: WORK IN THE FUTURE, OUR FUTURE AS WORKERS; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; JUANNE CLARKE; INTRODUCTION; THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES; THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH, ILLNESS, DISEASE, AND SICKNESS; SOCIOLOGY OF MEDICINE; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; LORI G. BEAMAN; INTRODUCTION; RELIGION IN PROFILE; DEFINITIONS OF RELIGION; NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS; THEORIES OF RELIGION AND SOCIETY; THE QUIET REVOLUTION; RELIGION AND LAW; RELIGION AND GENDER; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; RANDLE HART, HOWARD RAMOS, KAREN STANBRIDGE, JOHN VEUGELERS; INTRODUCTION; POWER; THE STATE; CULTURAL AND SOCIAL PROCESSES; INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES; TRANSNATIONALISM; WHAT IS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT?; THEORETICAL APPROACHES; THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; PART V: CANADIAN SOCIETY AND THE GLOBAL CONTEXT; LIAM SWISS; INTRODUCTION; CONVERGENCE VS. DIVERGENCE; SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO GLOBALIZATION; GLOBAL FLOWS; CONCLUSION: CONVERGENCE, DIVERGENCE, AND SOCIAL CHANGE; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; CHERYL TEELUCKSINGH; INTRODUCTION; DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS; DEVELOPMENT OF CANADIAN CITIES; CITIES AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE ENVIRONMENT; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; DAVID YOUNG; INTRODUCTION; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF THE MEDIA; POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE MEDIA; CULTURAL STUDIES OF THE MEDIA; THE INTERNET: EXTENDING POLITICAL ECONOMY AND CULTURAL STUDIES; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX