CONTENTS Preface : To Our Readers xxiii Instructors : How to Make This Book Work for You xxv A Personal Note to the Instructor xxviii Acknowledgments xxxi PART 1. Understanding Our Social World : The Scientific Study of Society 1 1. Sociology : A Unique Way to View the World 2 2. Examining the Social World : How Do We Know ? 28 PART 2. Social Structure, Processes, and Control 61 3. Society and Culture : Hardware and Software of Our Social World 62 4. Socialization : Becoming Human and Humane 98 5. Interaction, Groups, and Organizations : Connections That Work 126 6. Deviance and Social Control : Sickos, Perverts, Freaks and Folks Like Us 158 PART 3. Inequality 197 7. Stratification : Rich and Famous - or Rags and Famine ? 198 8. Race and Ethnic Group Stratification : Beyond We and They 232 9. Gender Stratification : She/He - Who Goes First ? 270 PART 4. Institurions 307 10. Family : Partner Taking, People Making and Contract Breaking 308 11. Education : What Are We Learning ? 342 12. Religion : The Meaning of Sacred Meaning 380 13. Politics : Penetrating Power 420 14. Medicine : An Anatomy of Health and Illness 458 PART 5. Social Dynamics 495 15. Population and Urbanization : Living on Spaceship Earth 496 16. The Process of Change : Can We Make a Difference ? 544 References R-1 Credits C-1 Glossary/Index G-1