Sociology

2012/13
ISBN: 978-0-07-805122-7
Verlag: Dushkin Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 206 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Annual Editions: Sociology

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Finsterbusch, Kurt

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Annual Editions: Sociology 12/13, Fortieth EditionPrefaceSeriesCorrelation GuideTopic GuideInternet ReferencesUnit 1: CultureUnit OverviewPart A. American Culture and Cultural Change1. Understanding American Worldview, J. LaVelle Ingram, PhD, Life in the USA, 2007J. LaVelle Ingram created this article to explain to immigrants the peculiar worldview of the country they are adopting. It is contrasted with other worldviews and explains some important cultural differences between societies.2. The Myth of the "Culture of Poverty", Paul Gorski, Educational Leadership, April 2008The culture of poverty myth accuses the poor of having beliefs, values, and behaviors that prevent them from achieving. Thus their failure is their fault. This myth must be challenged. Most poor people do have the work ethic, value education, and other characteristics that contradict the culture of poverty myth. Opportunity structures play a big role in poverty.3. The Test of Time, Brigid Schulte, The Washington Post, January 17, 2010Many people feel like the author, that their lives are hurried, frantic, and super busy, but when carefully measured they have loads of free time (in her case around 30 hours a week). The time diary studies have revealed many very interesting things about our lives and culture.4. I Can't Think!, Sharon Begley, Newsweek, March 7, 2011Research summarized here reveals that the mind is stimulated as the subjects it considers become more complex, but after a point it experiences overload and begins to make more errors and bad decisions. Sharon Begley reports on the ways that our increasing exposure to information is impacting us.5. Islam in America, Bobby Ghosh, Time, August 30, 2010America prides itself in its diversity but that is changing with respect to Muslims. Bobby Ghosh/Dearborn presents painful stories of intolerance and hatred against American Muslims, and reviews the arguments against Islam and some of the widely held erroneous beliefs that poison feelings toward them. The article also sketches the history of intolerance in America.Part B. Value Issues6. Diversity within Unity: A New Approach to Immigrants and Minorities, The Communitarian Reader: Beyond the Essentials, edited by Amitai Etzioni, Andrew Volmert, and Elanit Rothschild, Rowan & Littlefield, 2004This statement signed by many communitarians seeks to assuage the increasing fear of impacts of immigration. It favors diversity of cultures within unity on shared core values.7. What Do We Deserve?, Namit Arora, Humanist, May/June 2011A major key to political, economic, and cultural issues is the question "What is just or right?" Namit Arora uses Michael Sandel's book, Justice, to explore this question. People should be rewarded for their skill and effort but since chance and innate advantages play such a large role in outcomes, some adjustments are required for outcomes to be considered fair. How these adjustments are made shape political philosophies and differentiate societies.Unit 2: Socialization and Social ControlUnit OverviewPart A. Influences on Personality and Behavior8. The Social Construction of Gender, Margaret L. Andersen and Dana Hysock, from Thinking about Women, 8/e (Allyn & Bacon, 2009)Socialization by parents, teachers, peers, public figures and many others contributes greatly to what we are. The authors focus on the role of socialization in the formation of gender identity which

Über Autor(innen)

Finsterbusch, Kurt
Kurt Finsterbusch is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland at College Park. He received a BA in history from Princeton University in 1957, a BD from Grace Theological Seminary in 1960, and a PhD in sociology from Columbia University in 1969. He is the author of Understanding Social Impacts (Sage Publications, 1980), and he is the coauthor, with Annabelle Bender Motz, of Social Research for Policy Decisions (Wadsworth, 1980) and, with Jerald Hage, of Organizational Change as a Development Strategy (Lynne Rienner, 1987). He is the editor of Annual Editions: Sociology (McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Learning Series); Annual Editions: Social Problems (McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Learning Series); and Sources: Notable Selections in Sociology, 3rd ed. (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 1999).