Values (Continued )
and education, 53–54, 499,
501, 502, 503–4
emerging, 54–55
and the environment, 55
and home schooling, 506
and individualism, 52, 54, 56
and religion, 82
in research, 14–15
in social institutions, 103
and subcultures, 50
and technology, 661
transformation of, 661
universal, 56–57
in U.S., 52–56
and work, 309
Variables, 127, 136, 138
Verstehen, 15, 16
Veterans, drug tests on, 584
VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars),
186, 187
Video games, 79, 80, 153
Vietnam, 169, 175, 299, 380, 449,
450, 451
Vietnam Veterans Study, 299
Violence. See also Murder; Rape
and authority, 432–35
in the family, 125–37, 323,
490–92
female circumcision as, 306
and feminists, 323
and gangs, 135, 147–48, 202, 211
and husband’s achievement, 129
and male identity, 78, 202
in nursing homes, 387
and religion, 528
riots, 353, 629–30, 632
in schools, 9, 10, 107, 516–17,
519
against women, 220, 303, 306,
307, 320–23, 490,
491–92, 604
by women, 125, 212, 220
Virgins, sworn (“social men”), 77
Virtual reality, 153
Volkswagen, 424
Voluntary associations, 185–87
Voodoo, 542
Voting
and alienation, 441–42
and apathy, 441–42
in early democracies, 436–37
in early U.S., 437
and education, 458
electronic/Internet, 437, 438
and employment, 441, 442
and gender, 18, 19, 307, 442,
444, 458
and ideology, 266
patterns in U.S., 441–44
and race–ethnicity, 351, 441,
442, 444
and social class, 266, 276, 441,
442
Voting Rights Act of 1965, 353
W
War, 448–55. See also Genocide;
Military; Soldiers
and arms sales, 452, 455
child soldiers, 454
and computers, 667
costs of, 449–50
defined, 448
and dehumanization, 450–51
as dysfunction of religion, 528
and ethnic conflicts, 655–56
and the future, 452, 455
and groupthink, 169
Gulf Wars I and II, 449
Iraq War, 60, 169
and politics, 448–55
reasons for, 449, 457–58
and slavery, 231
in space, 667
and starvation, 596
and technology, 452, 455, 667
universality of, 448
War of the Worlds (Wells), 631–32,
635
Warfighter I, 667
Washington, D.C., 95–96, 274
WASPs, defined, 347
“Water boarding,” 451
Wealth, 237, 238–39, 262–65,
268–69, 270–72, 407, 416–17,
425–27
Weapons of mass destruction, 452
Webster v. Reproductive Services, 647
Weight, body, 115, 580, 588
Weightlifting, 148
Welfare
conflict perspective on, 287–88
corporate, 670
myths about, 9, 10, 282
reform of, 287–88
Welfare (state) capitalism, 404–5
Welfare socialism, 405
“Wellness,” 585–86
Westerns, 53
Whales, 676
White ethnics, 346, 347–48
“White flight,” 611
White-collar crime, 210–11,
213–14, 225, 571
Whites. See also Race–ethnicity
and AIDS, 579
background assumptions, 348
comparative well-being statistics,
352
and education, 284, 313, 352,
510
ethnic background of, 346,
347–48
family structure of, 475
interracial marriage of, 470, 494
numbers of, 346, 362, 363
and politics, 441, 442, 443
and poverty, 282, 283, 284, 352
and voting, 442, 444, 458
WASPs, defined, 347
Widowhood and widows, 303,
384, 433, 474, 539
Wilberforce University, 18
Witches, 528
Women. See also Gender; Sexism;
Single mothers
and abortion, 646–48
and AIDS, 578, 579
circumcision of, 306
and death penalty, 219, 220,
221
discrimination against,
300–306, 307–15, 367,
422
early female sociologists, 16–19
and education, 16, 19, 303,
311–15, 325, 512
elderly, among the Tiwi, 367
in the estate system, 236
female infanticide, 604
and gynecology, 118–19
health care of, 312, 571–72, 574
impression management for
executives, 116
in the military, 320–21
as a minority group, 300–302,
334
and pay gap, 303, 314, 316–19
in politics, 233, 303, 324, 325
in poverty, 283–84, 388, 393
and power, 241
in prostitution, 293
and the “quiet revolution,” 420
smoking by, 308
as “social men”/taking men’s
roles, 77
social mobility of, 278–79
social stratification of, 237
and stereotypes, 16, 78–80, 110,
309, 311, 319–20
violence against, 220, 303, 306,
307, 320–23, 490,
491–92, 604
violence by, 125, 212, 220
and voting, 18, 19, 442, 444
and work (See under Gender)
Women’s movement, 307, 309. See
also Feminism; Women
Woolworth’s, 353
Work and workers. See also
Division of labor
affirmative action, 361–63
bonded laborers, 232, 305, 374
by children (See Child labor)
conflict perspective on, 191,
237–38, 241, 254,
287–88, 341–42
control of, 151, 191–92, 254,
341–42
in the corporation, 197–93
and credential societies, 503
discrimination in, 31
and diversity, 188–89
exploitation of, 11, 27–28, 238,
241, 341–42, 406, 658,
661
and gender, 116, 296, 300–302,
304–5, 309, 316–21,
419–20, 421, 427, 564
global division of labor, 408–9
and globalization, 253–54, 256,
411
and identity, 86, 182, 268–69,
424
and illness, 568
and Industrial Revolution, 8,
151
in Japan vs. U.S., 193
and leisure, 422–24
maquiladoras, 253
motivation of, 239–40
in new economic system,
425–27
prestige of, 266–67, 300, 303,
545
reserve labor force, 287–88, 341
revolution of, 238, 241, 661
sex typing of occupations, 302
and social class, 81–82
and socialization, 85–86
and split labor market, 254,
341–42
stock ownership plans, 190–91
and struggle for rights, 151
teleworking, 424–25
in types of societies, 174,
398–400
in underground economy,
421–23
in U.S. society, 418–25
Work teams, 190
Worker empowerment, 190
Working class. See also Work and
workers
capitalists, thinking of selves as,
238
and child rearing, 276, 473
defined, 270, 272–73
and deviance, 206–7, 210, 223
exploitation of, 11, 238, 241,
341–42, 658, 661
law and oppression of, 213–14
marginal, 213
Marx on, 11, 237–38, 241, 270
and prestige of work, 266–67
and socialization of children,
81–82, 83, 276, 473
Working poor, the, 229, 271, 273,
277, 287
Workplace
alienation/isolation, 181–82,
190, 661
and anticipatory socialization,
85–86
computers in, 191–92, 665–66
cyberslacking, 192
cybersleuthing, 192
gender inequality, 316–21
humanizing of, 189–90
and new technology, 191–92,
277
racial–ethnic diversity in,
188–89, 341–42
racism in, 280
sexual harassment in, 320–21
subcultures in, 49, 50
World Bank, 672
World Court, 456
World system theory, 252–53, 654
World Trade Center, 422, 452,
529, 634
World Trade Organization, 455
World Wars I and II, 169, 449
World’s Fair, 343
Wounded Knee, 359
X
“XYY” theory, 200
Y
Yanomamö Indians, 4–5, 197
Yearning for Zion Ranch, 523–24
Youthfulness, as a value, 55
YouTube, the pope on, 553
Yugoslavia, 344–45
Z
Zapotec Indians, 199
Zero population growth, 604–5
Zimbabwe, inflation in, 402
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