Sociology 97/98
By: Kurt Finsterbusch, editor
Edition: 26th ed.
Series: Annual editions series
Publisher: Dushkin Pub. Group
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Social conditions; Sociology
Other titles: Annual editions: Sociology 97/98.
Notes: Spine title: Annual editions sociology 97/98.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Unit 1 : Culture -- Pt. A : Tribal cultures and their lessons for us; title: Tribal wisdom  -- David Maybury-Lewis -- The; title: mountain people  -- Colin M. Turnbull -- Pt. B : Forces shaping cultures and lifestyles; title: Overworked Americans or overwhelmed Americans?  -- Jeff Davidson -- A; title: de-moralized society : the British/American experience  -- Gertrude Himmelfarb -- The; title: decline of bourgeois America -- Stanley Rothman.; title: Unit 2 : Socialization and social control -- Pt. A : Childhood and influences on personality and behavior; title: Guns and dolls  -- Laura Shapiro; title: Children of the universe  -- Amitai Etzioni -- Pt. B : Crime, law enforcement, and social control; title: Crime in America : violent and irrational, and that's just the policy  -- from -- The Economist; title: Moral credibility and crime  -- Paul H. Robinson; title: When violence hits home  -- Jill Smolowe; title: Legalization madness -- James A. Inciardi,-- Christine A. Saum.; title: Unit 3 : Groups and roles in transition -- Pt. A : Marriage and family -- The; title: way we weren't : the myth and reality of the "traditional" family  -- Stephanie Coontz; title: Where's papa?  -- David Popenoe; title: Modernizing marriage  -- Pepper Schwartz -- Pt. B : Sex, gender, and gender relationships; title: Now for the truth about Americans and sex  -- Philip Elmer-Dewitt; title: Ending the battle between the sexes  -- Aaron R. Kipnis, -- Elizabeth Herron; title: Men : tomorrow's second sex  -- from -- The Economist -- Pt. C : Communities and community action; title: Crisis of community : make America work for Americans  -- William Raspberry -- The; title: strange disappearance of civic America  -- Robert D. Putnam; title: Are today's suburbs really family-friendly? -- Karl Zinsmeister.; title: Unit 4 : Stratification and social inequalities -- Pt. A : Income inequalities and the poor; title: Winner take all  -- Robert H. Frank, -- Philip J. Cook; title: Working harder, getting nowhere  -- Nancy Gibbs; title: Poverty's children : growing up in the South Bronx  -- Jonathan Kozol -- Pt. B : Welfare; title: Upside-down welfare  -- Daniel D. Huff; title: Dismantling the welfare state : is it the answer to America's social problems?  -- D. Stanley Eitzen -- Pt. C : Racial inequalities; title: Whites' myths about blacks  -- from -- U.S. News & World Report; title: Affirmative action : it benefits everyone  -- Jesse L. Jackson; title: Affirmative action : let's get rid of it  -- Armstrong Williams -- Pt. D : Sex inequalities -- The; title: longest climb  -- Lisa Mainiero; title: Violence against women -- Toni Nelson.; title: Unit 5 : Social institutions : issues, crises, and changes -- Pt. A : The political sphere; title: Money changes everything  -- Daniel Clawson, -- Alan Neustadtl, -- Denise Scott; title: Hyper democracy  -- Robert Wright -- The; title: death of common sense  -- Philip K. Howard -- Pt. B : The economic sphere; title: Reinventing the corporation  -- Jonathan Rowe -- The; title: revolution in the workplace : what's happening to our jobs?  -- David Pearce Snyder -- Pt. C : The social sphere : abortion, health, education, and religion; title: Seeking abortion's middle ground  -- Frederica Mathewes-Green; title: Health unlimited  -- Willard Gaylin -- A; title: new vision for city schools  -- Diane Ravitch, -- Joseph Viteritti; title: Can churches save America? -- from-- U.S. News & World Report.; title: Unit 6 : Social change and the future -- Pt. A : Population, environment, and society; title: Carrying capacity : earth's bottom line  -- Sandra Postel -- The; title: new assault on immigrants  -- Luis Gutierrez -- Pt. B : Technology and society; title: Alone together : will being wired set us free?  -- Andrew Kupfer -- The; title: price of fanaticism  -- Bruce W. Nelan -- Pt. C : The future -- The; title: coming anarchy  -- Robert D. Kaplan; title: Operating in a period of punctuated equilibrium -- Lester C. Thurow.