Sociology

LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND BOXES ; PREFACE ; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ; CONTENT CORRELATION GUIDE ; INTRODUCTION: WHY NOT BECOME A SOCIOLOGIST? ; LORNE TEPPERMAN AND PATRIZIA ALBANESE ; INTRODUCTION ; A DEFINITION OF SOCIOLOGY ; HOW SOCIOLOGY DIFFERS FROM OTHER ACADEMIC FIELDS ; CONCLUSION ; PART I: THEORY AND METHODOLOGY ; 1. Sociological Theory ; TONY THOMSON ; INTRODUCTION: WHY THEORY? ; THE BIRTH OF SOCIOLOGY IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION ; CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY ; POWER AND RESISTANCE ; MICRO-SOCIOLOGY ; FEMINIST SOCIOLOGY ; MODERNISM ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 2. Research Methods ; BRUCE ARAI ; INTRODUCTION ; SOCIOLOGY AS A SCIENCE ; THEORY AND RESEARCH ; RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUES ; THE CONTEST OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; PART II: MAJOR SOCIAL PROCESSES ; 3. Culture and Culture Change ; 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 ; 4. Socialization ; BARBARA A. MITCHELL ; INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS SOCIALIZATION? ; HUMAN BEHAVIOUR-NATURE OR NURTURE? ; THEORIZING SOCIALIZATION ; THE FAMILY ; THE LIFE COURSE, AGING, AND SOCIALIZATION ; SOCIALIZATION PROCESSES: PAWNS, PUPPETS, OR FREE AGENTS? ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 5. Statuses, Roles, Self, and Identity ; DOROTHY PAWLUCH AND WILLIAM SHAFFIR ; INTRODUCTION ; A FUNCTIONALIST VIEW OF STATUSES AND ROLES ; SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM: ROLES, SELF, IDENTITY ; PROTECTING THE SELF: STIGMA MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 6. Groups and Organizations ; LORNE TEPPERMAN ; INTRODUCTION ; SETS OF PEOPLE ; CLIQUES ; BUREAUCRACIES ; HOW BUREAUCRACIES ACTUALLY WORK ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 7. Deviance ; 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 POSTMODERNISM ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; PART III: TYPES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY ; 8. Class and Status Inequality ; SARA J. CUMMING AND ANN D. DUFFY ; 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 ; 9. Gender Relations ; JANET SILTANEN AND ANDREA DOUCET ; INTRODUCTION: GENDER RELATIONS AND YOU ; THINKING SOCIOLOGICALLY ; LIVING GENDERED LIVES ; ON TO THE FUTURE... GENDER RELATIONS AND SOCIAL CHANGE ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 10. Sexuality ; PATRIZIA ALBANESE ; INTRODUCTION ; SEXUALITY OVER THE CENTURIES ; THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF SEX ; SOCIOLOGY OF SEX: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES ; SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP AND SEXUALITY IN CANADA ; SEX AND THE WORKPLACE ; CYBERSEX, PORNOGRAPHY, AND THE INTERNET ; SEXUAL OFFENCES ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 11. Ethnic and Race Relations ; NIKOLAOS I. LIODAKIS ; INTRODUCTION ; A BRIEF HISTORY OF ETHNICITY AND RACE ; BUILDING ONE NATION OR TWO: CANADA'S DEVELOPMENT THROUGH IMMIGRATION ; THE NEW MOSAIC: RECENT CANADIAN IMMIGRATION TRENDS ; MULTICULTURALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS ; PREJUDICE AND RACISM ; CULTURALISM AND POLITICAL ECONOMY: EXPLANATIONS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES ; THE VERTICAL MOSAIC THEN AND THE COLOUR-CODED MOSAIC THEORY ; EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS WITHIN ETHNIC 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 ; 12. The Social Aspects of Aging ; LYNN MACDONALD ; INTRODUCTION ; THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPERATIVE ; SOCIAL THEORIES IN THE FIELD OF AGING ; THE BASICS: HEALTH, INCOME, AND SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; PART IV: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS ; 13. Families and Personal Life ; MAUREEN BAKER ; INTRODUCTION ; FAMILY VARIATIONS ; EXPLAINING FAMILY PATTERNS AND PRACTICES ; RECENT ISSUES IN CANADIAN FAMILIES ; REFORMING CANADIAN FAMILY POLICIES ; FUTURE FAMILIES ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 14. Education ; 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 ; EDUCATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES ; EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND INEQUALITIES ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 15. Work and the Economy ; PAMELA SUGIMAN ; INTRODUCTION ; WORLD ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ; THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ; THE CAPITALIST ECONOMY: WHERE PEOPLE WORK ; SOCIAL REPRODUCTION ; MANAGERIAL STRATEGIES OF CONTROL ; 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 ; 16. Health Issues ; 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 ; 17. Religion in Canada ; 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 ; 18. Politics and Political Movements ; HOWARD RAMOS AND KAREN STANBRIDGE ; INTRODUCTION ; POWER ; THE STATE ; CULTURAL AND SOCIAL PROCESSES ; INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES ; TRANS-NATIONALIZATION ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 19. Social Movements ; JOHN W.P. VEUGELERS AND RANDLE HART ; INTRODUCTION ; 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 ; 20. Challenges of Globalization ; PIERRE BEAUDET ; INTRODUCTION ; GLOBALIZATIONS AND GLOBALIZATION ; THE CONTESTED IMPACT OF NEOLIBERAL GLOBALIZATION ; BREAKING BARRIERS: CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY ; THE GREAT DEBATE ; ONE GLOBAL WORLD: PROSPECTS AND CONSTRAINTS ; FAILING PROCESSES ; WIDENING GAPS THROUGH THE CRISIS ; GLOBALIZATION INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ; ANTI- OR ALTER-GLOBALIZATION? ; MULTITUDES AND 'GLOCAL' ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 21. Population and Society ; FRANK TROVATO ; INTRODUCTION ; DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND SOCIAL CHANGE ; WORLD POPULATION ; AGE COMPOSITIONS OF DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ; THEORIES OF POPULATION CHANGE ; CANADA'S POPULATION: AN OVERVIEW ; FERTILITY ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 22. Cities and Urban Sociology ; LOUIS GUAY AND PIERRE HAMEL ; INTRODUCTION: UNDERSTANDING CITIES ; URBAN SOCIOLOGY: PAST AND PRESENT ; THE RISE AND DEMISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL CITY ; URBAN GOVERNANCE AND METROPOLITAN ISSUES ; CITIES, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; 23. Mass Media and Communication ; 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 ; 24. The Environment ; G. KEITH WARRINER ; INTRODUCTION ; THE BASICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY ; THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGICAL SCARCITY ; THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL THEORY ; THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ; CONCLUSION ; QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL THOUGHT ; RECOMMENDED READINGS ; RECOMMENDED WEBSITES ; GLOSSARY ; REFERENCES ; INDEX