About the Book
Authored collaboratively by members of the NYU Sociology Department, REVEL for The Sociology Project 2.0 draws on the collective wisdom of expert faculty to reveal how individuals are shaped by the contexts in which they live and act. Organized around the big questions in every subfield of the discipline, it shows how sociologists analyze our world, and sets students off on their own journeys of sociological inquiry. At its core, REVEL for The Sociology Project 2.0 seeks to inspire each student’s sociological imagination, and instill in each reader a new determination to question the world around us.
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Table of Contents:
I. Brief Table of Contents
1. The Sociological Imagination
2. Social Theory
3. Studying the Social World
4. Social Interaction
5. Social Structure
6. Culture, Media, and Communication
7. Power and Politics
8. Markets, Organizations, and Work
9. Cities and Communities
10. Social Stratification, Inequality, and Poverty
11. Race and Ethnicity
12. Gender and Sexuality
13. Families and Family Life
14. Sociology of Religion
15. Education
16. Health and Medicine
17. Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
18. Social Movements and Revolutions
19. Environmental Sociology
20. Population
21. Immigration
22. Globalization
II. Comprehensive Table of Contents
1. The Sociological Imagination
by Jeff Manza, Lynne Haney, and Richard Arum
1.1: What Is the Sociological Imagination, and Why Is It Worth Acquiring?
1.2: What Are Social Contexts, and Why Do They Matter?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
1.3: Where Did Sociology Come From, and How Is It Different from the Other Social Sciences?
Conclusion: Looking Ahead
Chapter 1 Quiz: The Sociological Imagination
2. Social Theory
by Jeff Manza, Thomas Ertman, Lynne Haney, and Steven Lukes
2.1: What is Social Theory?
2.2: How Did the Early Social Theorists Make Sense of the World?
2.3: What Innovations in Social Theory Emerged in the Mid-Twentieth Century?
2.4: How Has a New Generation of Social Theory Evolved?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
Conclusion: Social Theory and the Sociological Imagination
Chapter 2 Quiz: Social Theory
3. Studying the Social World
by Lynne Haney
3.1: Where Do Sociological Questions Come From?
3.2: What Is the Best Method to Research a Sociological Question?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
3.3: What Challenges Do Sociologists Face When Collecting Data?
3.4: How Do Sociologists Make Sense of Their Findings?
Conclusion: Thinking Critically about Research
Chapter 3 Quiz: Studying the Social World
4. Social Interaction
by Harvey Molotch
4.1: How Do We Develop a Sense of Self?
4.2: How Do We Make Sense of Our Worlds?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
4.3: What Challenges Do We Face as We Move from One Social Context to Another?
Conclusion: What We Know and What We Don't Know
Chapter 4 Quiz: Social Interaction
5. Social Structure
by Jeff Manza
5.1: What Is Social Structure?
5.2: How Do Roles and Social Hierarchies Shape Our Life Chances?
5.3: How Do Norms and Institutions Influence Social Life?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
5.4: How Do Social Structures Influence Our Daily Lives and Social Interactions?
5.5: Why Are Social Structures Slow to Change?
Conclusion
Chapter 5 Quiz: Social Structure
6. Culture, Media, and Communication
by Eric Klinenberg
6.1: What Is Culture?
6.2: How Does Culture Shape Our Collective Identity?
6.3: How Do Our Cultural Practices Relate to Class and Status?
6.4 Who Produces Culture, and Why?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
6.5: What Is the Relationship between Media and Democracy?
Conclusion
Chapter 6 Quiz: Culture, Media, and Communication
7. Power and Politics
by Steven Lukes and Jeff Manza
7.1: What Are the Distinct Forms of Power?
7.2: What Is the State, and How Does It Distribute Power in a Society?
7.3: Who Has Power in the United States Today?
Conclusion
Chapter 7 Quiz: Power and Politics
8. Markets, Organizations, and Work
by Richard Arum and Jeff Manza
8.1: How Do Social Factors Impact Markets?
8.2: Why Are Organizations Important for Social and Economic Life?
8.3: What Is the Relationship between Organizations and Their External Environment?
8.4: How Is Work Inside Organizations Structured?
8.5: How Do We Measure Work Satisfaction?
Conclusion: Markets, Organizations, and Work in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 8 Quiz: Markets, Organizations, and Work
9. Cities and Communities
by Patrick Sharkey
9.1: What Draws People to Cities?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
9.2: How Do Neighborhoods Form and Change?
9.3: How Do Cities Influence Who We Are, Who Our Friends Are, and How We Live?
9.4: Why Are So Many Social Problems Found in Cities?
9.5: How Will Cities Change in an Increasingly Connected World?
Conclusion: Our Urban Future
Chapter 9 Quiz: Cities and Communities
10. Social Stratification, Inequality, and Poverty
by Florencia Torche, Richard Arum, and Jeff Manza
10.1: What Is Inequality?
10.2: Why Is America So Unequal?
10.3: Do We All Have an Equal Opportunity to Succeed in Life?
10.4: How Much Poverty Exists in the United States and around the World?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
Conclusion: Should We Be Concerned about Excessive Inequality?
Chapter 10 Quiz: Social Stratification, Inequality, and Poverty
11. Race and Ethnicity
by Ann Morning
11.1: What Is the Difference between Race and Ethnicity?
11.2: Is Race Real?
11.3: What Is Racism?
11.4: Do Race and Ethnicity Matter Anymore?
11.5: How Are Race and Ethnicity Changing in the Twenty-First Century?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
Conclusion: Developing a Sociological Imagination on Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 11 Quiz: Race and Ethnicity
12. Gender and Sexuality
by Paula England
12.1: Where Do Gender Differences Come From?
12.2: How Have the Lives of Women and Men Changed in the Last 50 Years?
12.3: How Are Our Sex Lives Shaped by Biology and Society?
12.4: How Has Sexual Behavior Changed in the Last 50 Years?
Conclusion: The Puzzle of Gender Inequality
Chapter 12 Quiz: Gender and Sexuality
13. Families and Family Life
by Kathleen Gerson
13.1: What Is a Family?
13.2: Why Are Families Changing?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
13.3: What Challenges Do We Face as We Develop Relationships and Balance Family and Work?
13.4: What Is It Like to Grow Up in a Twenty-First-Century Family?
13.5: What Social Policies around the World Best Support Changing Families?
Conclusion: The Future of Families
Chapter 13 Quiz: Families and Family Life
14. Sociology of Religion
by Gerald Marwell
14.1: What Is Religion, and What Are Its Functions?
14.2: How Does Social Structure Impact Religious Choice?
14.3: Why Are Some People More Religious than Others?
14.4: Why Do People Kill Each Other in the Name of Religion?
14.5: What Is the Future of Religion?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
Conclusion
Chapter 14 Quiz: Sociology of Religion
15. Education
by Caroline H. Persell with Dirk Witteveen
15.1: Why Is Formal Education Universal?
15.2: How Is Education Related to Important Life Outcomes?
15.3: Is Education Equally Available to All?
15.4: How Do Educational Systems Differ?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
Conclusion: The Future of Education in a Global Economy
Chapter 15 Quiz: Education
16. Health and Medicine
by Ruth Horowitz and Jennifer Jennings, with Owen Whooley
16.1: How Do Social Contexts Affect Health?
16.2: Who Gets Sick, and Why?
16.3: How Did Modern Medicine Emerge?
16.4: How Does Physician/Patient Interaction Affect Health and Illness?
16.5: Why Is Healthcare in America More Expensive Than in Other Countries?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
Conclusion
Chapter 16 Quiz: Health and Medicine
17. Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
by Troy Duster and Jeff Manza
17.1: What Is Deviance?
17.2: How Is Morality Defined and Regulated?
17.3: Who Defines Deviance?
17.4: How Is Social Control Maintained?
Conclusion: Deviance and the Sociological Imagination
Chapter 17 Quiz: Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
18. Social Movements and Revolutions
by Jeff Goodwin
18.1: What Are Social Movements?
18.2: Why Do Movements Emerge, and Who Joins Them?
18.3: What Do Movements Accomplish?
18.4: What Are Revolutions, and Why Do They Occur?
Conclusion: The Future of Movements and Revolutions
Chapter 18 Quiz: Social Movements and Revolutions
19. Environmental Sociology
by Colin Jerolmack
19.1: How Does Social Life Relate to the Natural Environment?
19.2: How Has Human Activity Harmed the Environment?
Shared Writing: Your Sociological Imagination
19.3: How Do Environmental Factors Impact Inequality?
19.4: How Can We Create More Sustainable Societies?
Conclusion: Linking Environmental and Social Facts
Chapter 19 Quiz: Environmental Sociology
20. Population
by Lawrence L. Wu
20.1: Why Study Population?
20.2: How Do Populations Change over Time?
20.3: What Factors Influence Fertility?
20.4: How Are Trends in Aging and Mortality Emerging As Critical Issues in Many Societies?
Conclusion
Chapter 20 Quiz: Population
21. Immigration
by Guillermina Jasso
21.1: What Is Immigration, and How Do Governments Regulate It?
21.2: What Is the History of Immigration in the United States?
21.3: Why Do People Move?
21.4: How Do Immigrants Fare in Their New Environments?
21.5: What Are the Consequences of Immigration?
Conclusion: Immigration and the Future
Chapter 21 Quiz: Immigration
22. Globalization
by Vivek Chibber
22.1: What Is Globalization?
22.2: How Far-Reaching Is Globalization?
22.3: What Drives Globalization?
22.4: What Are the Benefits and Drawbacks of Globalization?
Conclusion: Globalization in Retrospect and Prospect
Chapter 22 Quiz: Globalization
About the Author :
Written collaboratively by members of the NYU Sociology Department:
Richard Arum
Vivek Chibber
Troy Duster
Paula England
Thomas Ertman
Kathleen Gerson
Jeff Goodwin
Lynne Haney
Ruth Horowitz
Guillermina Jasso
Jennifer Jennings
Colin Jerolmack
Eric Klinenberg
Steven Lukes
Jeff Manza
Gerald Marwell
Harvey Molotch
Ann Morning
Caroline H. Persell
Patrick Sharkey
Florencia Torche
Lawrence L. Wu
