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Discover Sociology
Fourth Edition
William J. Chambliss
Daina S. Eglitis
George Washington University
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About the Authors
William J. Chambliss
(PhD, Indiana University) was a professor of sociology at The George
Washington University from 1986 to 2014. During his long and
distinguished career, he wrote and edited close to two dozen books
and produced numerous articles for professional journals in
sociology, criminology, and law. The integration of the study of
crime with the creation and implementation of criminal law was a
central theme in his writings and research. His articles on the
historical development of vagrancy laws, the legal process as it
affects different social classes and racial groups, and his efforts to
introduce the study of state-organized crimes into the mainstream of
social science research are among the most recognized achievements
of his career. Dr. Chambliss was the recipient of numerous awards
and honors, including a doctorate of laws honoris causa, University
of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1999; the 2009 Lifetime
Achievement Award, Sociology of Law, American Sociological
Association; the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award, Law and
Society, Society for the Study of Social Problems; the 2001 Edwin H.
Sutherland Award, American Society of Criminology; the 1995
Major Achievement Award, American Society of Criminology; the
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1986 Distinguished Leadership in Criminal Justice, Bruce Smith Sr.
Award, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; and the 1985 Lifetime
Achievement Award, Criminology, American Sociological
Association. Professor Chambliss also served as president of the
American Society of Criminology and the Society for the Study of
Social Problems.
Daina S. Eglitis
(PhD, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor) is an associate professor
of sociology and international affairs and the director of
undergraduate studies in the department of sociology at The George
Washington University (GWU). Her scholarly interests include class
and social stratification, historical sociology, contemporary theory,
gender, and culture. She is the author of Imagining the Nation:
History, Modernity, and Revolution in Latvia (Penn State
Press, 2002), as well as numerous articles on social life and social
change in postcommunist Latvia. She has held two Fulbright awards
in Latvia and is a past recipient of research fellowships and awards
from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the American Council of
Learned Societies, the National Council for Eurasian and East
European Research, the International Research and Exchanges Board,
and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Dr.
Eglitis is the author of “The Uses of Global Poverty: How Economic
Inequality Benefits the West,” an article widely used by
undergraduate students. At GWU, she teaches courses in
contemporary sociological theory, class and inequality, and
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introduction to sociology, among others. She presents and writes on
the topic of teaching and learning and is the author of the Teaching
Sociology articles “Performing Theory: Dramatic Learning in the
Theory Classroom” (2010) and “Social Issues and Problem-Based
Learning in Sociology: Opportunities and Challenges in the
Undergraduate Classroom” (2016). Outside the classroom, Dr. Eglitis
is an avid reader of fiction (recent discoveries include Annihilation,
Exit West, and News of the World) and loves to travel to new places
(especially if they include an opportunity to paddleboard).
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Brief Contents
1. Preface
2. Acknowledgments
3. Chapter 1 Discover Sociology
4. Chapter 2 Discover Sociological Research
5. Chapter 3 Culture and Mass Media
6. Chapter 4 Socialization and Social Interaction
7. Chapter 5 Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies
8. Chapter 6 Deviance and Social Control
9. Chapter 7 Social Class and Inequality in the United States
10. Chapter 8 Global Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality
11. Chapter 9 Race and Ethnicity
12. Chapter 10 Gender and Society
13. Chapter 11 Families and Society
14. Chapter 12 Education and Society
15. Chapter 13 Religion and Society
16. Chapter 14 The State, War, and Terror
17. Chapter 15 Work, Consumption, and the Economy
18. Chapter 16 Health and Medicine
19. Chapter 17 Population, Urbanization, and the Environment
20. Chapter 18 Social Movements and Social Change
21. Glossary
22. References
23. Index
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Detailed Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Discover Sociology
A Curious Mind
The Sociological Imagination
Critical Thinking
Discover & Debate: What Is Discover & Debate?
The Development of Sociological Thinking
The Birth of Sociology: Science, Progress,
Industrialization, and Urbanization
The Scientific Revolution
The Enlightenment
The Industrial Revolution
Urbanization: The Population Shift toward Cities
Nineteenth-Century Founders
August Comte
Harriet Martineau
Émile Durkheim
Karl Marx
Private Lives, Public Issues: Why Do Couples Get
Divorced?
Max Weber
Significant Founding Ideas in U.S. Sociology
Social Life, Social Media: Capturing the World in 280
Characters
Robert Ezra Park
W. E. B. Du Bois
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Robert K. Merton
C. Wright Mills
Women in Early Sociology
What Is Sociological Theory?
The Functionalist Paradigm
Inequality Matters: Why Are Some People Poor and Others
Rich?
The Social Conflict Paradigm
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Symbolic Interactionism
Principal Themes in This Book
Power and Inequality
Globalization and Diversity
Technology and Society
Global Issues: Local Consumption, Global Production
Why Study Sociology?
What Can I Do with a Sociology Degree? An Introduction
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 2 Discover Sociological Research
No Roof Overhead: Researching Eviction in America
Sociology and Common Sense
Common Wisdom
Sociological Research
Common Wisdom
Sociological Research
Common Wisdom
Sociological Research
Research and the Scientific Method
Relationships between Variables
Testing Theories and Hypotheses
Validity and Reliability
Objectivity in Scientific Research
Doing Sociological Research
Sociological Research Methods
Survey Research
Behind the Numbers: What Factors Affect Survey
Responses?
Fieldwork
Experimentation
Working with Existing Information
Participatory Research
Social Life, Social Media: Does Technology Affect
Studying?
Doing Sociology: A Student’s Guide to Research
Frame Your Research Question
Review Existing Knowledge
Select the Appropriate Method
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Weigh the Ethical Implications
Discover & Debate: Public Opinion Research
Collect and Analyze the Data
Share the Results
Why Learn to Do Sociological Research?
Private Lives, Public Issues: Why Do Humans Commit
Atrocities?
What Can I Do with a Sociology Degree? Quantitative Research
Skills
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 3 Culture and Mass Media
Popular Culture and the Undead
Culture: Concepts and Applications
Material and Nonmaterial Culture
Beliefs
Norms
Values
Ideal and Real Culture in U.S. Society
Ethnocentrism
Private Lives, Public Issues: Ideal Culture and Its
Consequences
Subcultures
Culture and Language
Language and Social Integration
Culture and Mass Media
Global Issues: Language, Resistance, and Power in Northern
Ireland
Culture, Media, and Violence
Social Life, Social Media: Music, Money, and Marketing
Culture, Class, and Inequality
Culture and Globalization
Discover & Debate: Violence in Media
Why Study Culture and Media through a Sociological Lens?
What Can I Do with a Sociology Degree? Critical Thinking
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 4 Socialization and Social Interaction
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My Robot, My Friend
The Birth of the Social Self
Behaviorism and Social Learning Theory
Socialization as Symbolic Interaction
Stages of Development: Piaget and Kohlberg
Biological Needs versus Social Constraints: Freud
Agents of Socialization
The Family
Teachers and School
Inequality Matters: Gender and Socialization in Children’s
Books
Private Lives, Public Issues: Child-Rearing and Punishment
in U.S. Families
Peers
Organized Sports
Religion
Mass Media and Social Media
Work
Socialization and Aging
Total Institutions and Resocialization
Global Issues: Proxemics and the Cultural Dimensions of
Personal Space
Social Interaction
Studies of Social Interaction
Discover & Debate: How Much Homework?
The Dramaturgical Approach: Erving Goffman
Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis
Why Study Socialization and Social Interaction?
What Can I Do with a Sociology Degree? Interpersonal Skills
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 5 Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies
Groupthink: A Case of Deadly Consequences
The Nature of Groups
The Power of Groups
Does Size Matter?
Types of Group Leadership
Private Lives, Public Issues: What Can Fictional Stories
Teach Us About Groups?
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Conformity to Groups
Obedience to Authority
Groupthink
Discover & Debate: The Problem of Cyberbullying
Economic, Cultural, and Social Capital
Organizations
Types of Formal Organizations
Bureaucracies
Written Rules and Regulations
A Critical Evaluation
Bureaucracy and Democracy
Inequality Matters: Law, Bureaucracy, and the Poverty
Penalty
The Global Organization
International Governmental Organizations
International Nongovernmental Organizations
Global Issues: Amnesty International and the Global
Campaign for Human Rights
Why Study Groups and Organizations?
What Can I Do with a Sociology Degree? Leadership Skills and
Teamwork
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 6 Deviance and Social Control
To Solve a Murder
What Is Deviant Behavior?
How Do Sociologists Explain Deviance?
Biological Perspectives
Functionalist Perspectives
Deviance and Social Solidarity
Structural Strain Theory
Opportunity Theory
Global Issues: Globalization and Criminal
Opportunities
Control Theory
Conflict Perspectives
Subcultures and Deviance
Class-Dominant Theory
Structural Contradiction Theory
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Feminist Theory
Interactionist Perspectives
Labeling Theory
Differential Association Theory
Discover & Debate: Deviance and Social Control
Types of Deviance
Everyday Deviance
Sexual Deviance
Deviance of the Powerful
Behind the Numbers: Counting Crime in the United States
Crime
Violent and Property Crimes
Organized Crime
White-Collar Crime
Police Corruption and Police Brutality
State Crimes
Social Control of Deviance
Inequality Matters: The War on Drugs Is Born
Schools and Discipline: Is There a School-to-Prison
Pipeline?
Imprisonment in the United States
The Stigma of Imprisonment
The Death Penalty in the United States
Why Study Deviance?
What Can I Do with a Sociology Degree? Conflict Dynamics
and Resolution Skills
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 7 Social Class and Inequality in the United States
Poverty and Profit
Stratification in Traditional and Modern Societies
Caste Societies
Class Societies
Sociological Building Blocks of Social Class
Income
Wealth
Occupation
Status
Political Voice
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Class and Inequality in the U.S.: Dimensions and Trends
Income Inequality
Wealth Inequality
Other Gaps: Inequalities in Health Care, Health, and Access
to Consumer Goods
Social Life, Social Media: Food Deserts in the United
States
Why Has Inequality Grown?
At the Bottom of the Ladder: Poverty in the United States
Behind the Numbers: Calculating U.S. Poverty
The Problem of Neighborhood Poverty
Discover & Debate: Gentrification and U.S. Cities
Why Do Stratification and Poverty Exist and Persist in Class
Societies?
The Functionalist Explanation
The Social Conflict Explanation
Inequality Matters: Child Labor in the 21st Century
Why Study Inequality in the U.S.?
What Can I Do with a Sociology Degree? Making an Evidence-
Based Argument
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 8 Global Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality
Migrants in Limbo
Dimensions of Global Inequality and Poverty
Hunger, Mortality, and Fertility in Poor Countries
Safe Sanitation
Education Matters
Inequality Matters: Bittersweet Desserts
Armed Conflict and Poverty
Child Brides in a Time of Crisis
Refugees and Refuges
Discover & Debate: The Refugee Dilemma
Technology: The Great Equalizer?
Theoretical Perspectives on Global Inequality
Applying the Theories: The Case of Nigerian Oil Wealth
Behind the Numbers: Counting the “Three Comma Club”:
Who Is a Billionaire?
Who Are the Global Elite?
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Social Life, Social Media: #FirstWorldProblems
Why Study Global Inequality from a Sociological Perspective?
What Can I Do with a Sociology Degree? Active Understanding
of Diversity
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 9 Race and Ethnicity
Violence and U.S. History
The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity
Race
Ethnicity
Minorities
Minority and Dominant Group Relations
Expulsion
Segregation
Behind the Numbers: Counting—and Not Counting—Hate
Crimes in the United States
Assimilation and Cultural Pluralism
Theoretical Approaches to Ethnicity, Racism, and Minority
Status
The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination
Private Lives, Public Issues: #LivingWhileBlack
Prison, Politics, and Power
Consequences of Prejudice and Discrimination: Race and
Health
Technologies of Discrimination
Race and Ethnicity in Hollywood and on Broadway
Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States
American Indians
African Americans
Inequality Matters: Who Has the Power to Name?
Latinos/Latinas
Mexican Americans
Cuban Americans
Asian Americans
Arab Americans
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White Ethnic Americans
Multiracial Americans
Race and Ethnicity from a Global Perspective
Genocide: The Mass Destruction of Societies
What Explains Genocide?
Discover & Debate: The U.S. Census and Citizenship
Why Study Race and Ethnicity from a Sociological Perspective?
What Can I Do with a Sociology Degree? Advocating for Social
Justice
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Chapter 10 Gender and Society
I Am a Woman and I Am Fast
Concepts of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
Constructing Gendered Selves
The Roots of Gender: The Family
Gender among Friends: Peer Influences
Media Power: Reflecting and Reinforcing Gender
Gender in the Classroom: Schools and Socialization
Doing Gender
Gender and Society
Gender and Family Life
Gender and Standardized Tests: Why Do Boys Outscore
Girls on the SAT?
Gender and Higher Education
Gender and Economics: Men, Women, and the Gender Wage
Gap
Inequality Matters: The Queen and Her Prince: A Story of the
Gender Wage Gap
Classical Theories, Feminist Thought, and the Sociology of
Masculinities
Classical Sociological Approaches to Gender
Contemporary U.S. Feminist Thinking on Gender
Feminist Perspectives on Doing Sociology
The Sociology of Masculinities
Women’s Lives in a Global Perspective
Mothers and Children: The Threat of Maternal Mortality
Women and Education
Lack of Rural Health Systems
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