Recent social trends in the United States
Subtitle: 1960-1990
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Montreal
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 590
Table of contents: title: Topic 0 : context. Demographic trends -- Macro-economic trends -- Macro-technological trends -- Topic 1 : age groups. Youth -- Elders -- Topic 2 : microsocial. Self identification -- Kinship networks -- Community and neighborhood types -- Local autonomy -- Voluntary associations -- Sociability networks -- Topic 3 : women. Female roles -- Childbearing -- Matrimonial models -- Women’s employment -- Reproductive technologies -- Topic 4 : labor market. Unemployment -- Skills and occupational levels -- Types of employment -- Sectors of the labor force -- Computerization of work -- Topic 5 : labor and management -- Structuring of jobs -- Personnel administration -- Size and types of enterprises -- Topic 6 : social stratification. Occupational status -- Social mobility -- Economic inequality -- Social inequality -- Topic 7 : social relations. Conflict -- Negotiation -- Norms of conduct -- Authority -- Public opinion -- Topic 8 : state and service institutions. Educational system -- Health system -- Welfare system -- Presence of state in society -- Topic 9 : mobilizing institutions. Labor unions -- Religious institutions -- Military forces -- Political parties -- Mass media -- Topic 10 : institutionalization of social forces. Dispute settlement -- Institutionalization of labor unions -- Social movements -- Interest groups -- Topic 11 : ideologies. Political differentiation -- Confidence in institutions -- Economic orientations -- Radicalism -- Religious beliefs -- Topic 12 : household resources. Personal and family income -- Informal economy -- Personal and family wealth -- Topic 13 : lifestyle. Market goods and services -- Mass information -- Personal health and beauty practices -- Time use -- Daily mobility -- Household production -- Forms of erotic expression -- Mood-altering substances -- Topic 14 : leisure. Amount and use of free time -- Vacation patterns -- Athletics and sports -- Cultural activities -- Topic 15 : educational attainment. General education -- Professional education -- Continuing education -- Topic 16 : integration and marginalization. Immigrants and ethnic minorities -- Crime and punishment -- Emotional disorders and self-destructive behaviors -- Poverty -- Topic 17 : attitudes and values. Satisfaction in life domains and in general -- Perceptions of social problems -- Orientations to the future -- Values -- National identity -- Appendix A : international research group -- Appendix B : list of trends, topics, and authors.