Thompson Sociology

Made Simple
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-0371-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Web PDF

Sociology: Made Simple covers issues being discussed in contemporary sociology. The book tackles Sociology with regard to its definition, social sciences, theories, and different approaches (i.e., positivism, functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and Marxist sociology). The text also discusses social class in Britain; family life in contemporary Britain; the main aspects of the sociology of education; and studies in youth culture. The effects of mass media, industrialization, work, poverty, welfare, state, politics, and distribution of power in the process of social control are also considered. Each chapter of the book is provided with lists of further reading. Students engaged in sociology course and general readers will find the book invaluable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thompson, Jane L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Sociology Made Simple;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;10
5;Preface;6
6;Dedication;8
7;CHAPTER 1. WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY?;16
7.1;Sociology and the Social Sciences;16
7.2;Sociology and Science;17
7.3;Early Sociology;19
7.4;Emile Dürkheim;20
7.5;Max Weber;21
7.6;Karl Marx;22
7.7;Different Approaches;24
7.8;Positivism;25
7.9;Functionalism;25
7.10;Symbolic Interactionism;27
7.11;Phenomenology and Ethnomethodology;29
7.12;Marxist Sociology;30
7.13;Two Sides of the Same Coin?;32
7.14;Where's the Evidence?;33
7.15;Positivist Research;34
7.16;Interpretive Research;37
7.17;Ethnography;38
7.18;In Conclusion;40
7.19;Revision;40
7.20;Further Reading;42
8;CHAPTER 2. SOCIAL CLASS IN BRTAIN;43
8.1;Test Your Class-Consciousness;43
8.2;Subjective and Objective Definitions of Social Class;44
8.3;The Middle Class and the Working Class;46
8.4;The Upper Class;46
8.5;Income and Wealth;47
8.6;Economic and Cultural Definitions of Social Class;47
8.7;What About Women?;50
8.8;Does Class Count?;51
8.9;The Embourgeoisement Debate;51
8.10;Social Stratification;53
8.11;Distributing Resources;54
8.12;Marx' Theory of Class;55
8.13;Criticisms of Marx' Theory of Class;59
8.14;Max Weber's Theories of Stratification;59
8.15;In Conclusion;61
8.16;Revision;61
8.17;Further Reading;62
9;CHAPTER 3. THE FAMILY;64
9.1;Human Nature or Social Convenience?;64
9.2;The Functions of the Family;67
9.3;The Family and the Economic System;68
9.4;Subsistence Economies;68
9.5;Socialist Economies;69
9.6;The Family in Socialist Societies;70
9.7;Capitalist Economies;72
9.8;The Family in Capitalist Societies;73
9.9;Family Problems;78
9.10;Changing Roles within the Family;88
9.11;Revision;92
9.12;Further Reading;92
10;CHAPTER 4. EDUCATON;94
10.1;Informal and Formal Education;94
10.2;The Historical Context;95
10.3;Beginnings;95
10.4;Secondary Education for All;96
10.5;Views on Segregation;97
10.6;Tripartite Schooling;98
10.7;Research and Party Politics;100
10.8;Conservative Government;102
10.9;The Current Situation;102
10.10;The Social Functions of Education;103
10.11;Education and the Economic System;104
10.12;Education and the Social System;104
10.13;Education and the Political System;106
10.14;Education as an Agency of Social Control;107
10.15;Social Factors Affecting Educational Failure;109
10.16;In Conclusion;122
10.17;Revision;122
10.18;Further Reading;124
11;CHAPTER 5. STUDIES IN YOUTH CULTURE;125
11.1;Defining Culture;125
11.2;Subculture and Culture;126
11.3;Culture and Economics;126
11.4;The Creation of Culture;127
11.5;Adolescence and Culture;128
11.6;The Social Class Factors;130
11.7;Youth Culture;131
11.8;Why Study the Workers?;132
11.9;Ruling by Consent;132
11.10;The Swinging Sixties?;133
11.11;The Re-emergence of Class;134
11.12;The Response to Social Changes in the Fifties and Sixties;134
11.13;Youth Cultural Response: Mods and Skinheads;135
11.14;Youth Cultures in Context;137
11.15;Counter-School Culture;139
11.16;Girls and Youth Culture;146
11.17;In Conclusion;152
11.18;Revision;153
11.19;Further Reading;154
12;CHAPTER 6. THE MASS MEDIA;155
12.1;One-Way Conununication;156
12.2;The Media Business;158
12.3;Independent Television and Radio;158
12.4;The BBC;159
12.5;Broadcasting and the State;160
12.6;Areas of Concern;161
12.7;The Effects of Broadcasting;162
12.8;The Press;165
12.9;The Growth and Development of the British Press;171
12.10;Centralised Control;173
12.11;Indoctrination or IncofOGation?;174
12.12;What is News?;178
12.13;It Can't Be All Bad!;180
12.14;Revision;181
12.15;Further Reading;182
13;CHAPTER 7. INDUSTRY AND INDUSTRIAL CHANGE;183
13.1;The Industrialisation of Britain;184
13.2;The Organisation of Labour;185
13.3;Industrial Change;186
13.4;Industry and Capitalism in the North-East before the Second World War;187
13.5;Industrial Decline—A Regional Problem?;188
13.6;Industry and Capitalism in the North-East after the Second World War;189
13.7;Industrial Decline—An Inner City Problem?;190
13.8;The Class Factor;191
13.9;Capitalist Concentration;191
13.10;Government Intervention;192
13.11;The Impact of Science and Technology;193
13.12;Automation;193
13.13;Microelectronic Processors;194
13.14;A New Industrial Revolution?;195
13.15;Support for Small Businesses;196
13.16;The Pattern of Industrial Change—A Summary;197
13.17;Revision;199
13.18;Further Reading;200
14;CHAPTER 8. WORKING LIVES;201
14.1;The Definition of Work;201
14.2;Studies of Work;201
14.3;Job Satisfaction;202
14.4;The Influence of Work on Leisure Activities;204
14.5;The Culture of Work;205
14.6;Middle-Class Culture of Work;205
14.7;Working-class Culture of Work;206
14.8;Shop-Floor Culture;207
14.9;Cultural Weaknesses;208
14.10;'Enlightened' Management;210
14.11;The Professions;211
14.12;The Old' and the 'New' Professions;211
14.13;Professions and Other Workers;212
14.14;Professional Status and Social Respect;213
14.15;Sociological Disagreement;213
14.16;Professionalisation;214
14.17;Social Work;214
14.18;Women in the Workforce;217
14.19;Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination;220
14.20;The Equal Opportunities Commission;223
14.21;Unemployment;224
14.22;Revision;226
14.23;Further Reading;227
15;CHAPTER 9. POVERTY AND WELFARE;229
15.1;State Intervention;229
15.2;The Discovery of Poverty;230
15.3;Industrialisation and the Growth of Capitalism;232
15.4;The Turn of the Century;234
15.5;Poverty and Unemployment Between the Wars;236
15.6;The Beveridge Report;243
15.7;Women Dependants;246
15.8;Other Legislation;247
15.9;The Appointed Day;249
15.10;Post-War Developments;249
15.11;Definitions of Poverty;251
15.12;Absolute Poverty;251
15.13;Relative Poverty;252
15.14;Affluent Britain?;252
15.15;Housing;253
15.16;Rediscovering Poverty;254
15.17;The Government's Poverty Programme;255
15.18;'Blaming the Victims';256
15.19;'Blaming the System';257
15.20;Cutting the Welfare State;258
15.21;Jobs Threatened;260
15.22;State Care or State Control?;261
15.23;Revision;263
15.24;Further Reading;264
16;CHAPTER 10. POLITICS AND POWER;265
16.1;Power;265
16.2;The Distribution of Power;266
16.3;Ruling Class;266
16.4;Elitism;267
16.5;Pluralism;268
16.6;Power and the Ruling Class;269
16.7;Wealth and Income;269
16.8;Shareholdings;270
16.9;The Controllers of British Industry;271
16.10;Business and Government;272
16.11;Elitism and Power;273
16.12;Pluralism and Power;276
16.13;Legitimacy;279
16.14;The Pluralist Interpretation of Legitimation;281
16.15;The Process of Legitimation—A Marxist Analysis;283
16.16;Hegemony;284
16.17;Political Acquiescence;291
16.18;Politics and Power;292
16.19;Revision;292
16.20;Further Reading;293
17;GLOSSARY;294
18;INDEX;298