Sociology, 06/07 / editor Kurt Finsterbusch.

Includes bibliographical references.

Culture: Special cultural issues: Islam and women / L. Weiner -- Kindness of strangers / R.V. Levine -- American culture and cultural change:The atrophy of social life / D. Stanley Eitzen -- Self-reliance: those rugged individuals / J. Fischer -- It’s morning after in America / K.S. Hymowitz -- Socialization and social control: Influences on personality and behavior: What makes you who you are / M. Ridley -- The new sex scorecard / H.E. Marano -- How to save a troubled kid? / W. Cole -- Crime, law enforcement, and social control: Fighting crime / J. J. Donohue -- Parents or prisons / J.R. Morse -- The aggregate burden of crime / D.A. Anderson -- Groups and roles in transition: Family, marriage, and divorce: Can marriage by saved? / F. Furstenberg -- Overworked, time poor, and abandoned by Uncle Sam / J.C. Gornick -- Great expectations / P. Shulman -- Sex, gender, and gender roles: Morality of time / K. Gerson -- Out of the shadows, into the world / The Economist -- City and community: Will great cities survive? / J. Kotkin -- Community building: steps toward a good society / A. Etzioni -- Stratification and social inequalities: Income inequalities: Rich and the rest / S. Pizzigati -- Working poor in the U.S.A. / B. Shulman -- Welfare and welfare reform: Corporate welfare / D.L. Barlett and J.B. Steele -- Understanding welfare reform / S. Winship and C. Jencks -- Racial and ethnic issues and inequalities: Shame in our house / G. McDougall -- Why we hate / M. Monteith and J. Winters -- The melting pot, part I: are we there yet? / A. Wortham -- Sex inequalities and issues: Off-ramps and on-ramps / S.A. Hewlett and C.B. Luce -- Reversing the "gender gap" / J. Wendland -- Human rights, sex trafficking, and prostitution / A. Leuchtag -- Social institutions, issues, crises, and changes: Political sphere, power, politics, and administration: Who rules America? / G.W. Domhoff -- 4 places where the system broke down / J. Carney -- Economic sphere, changing consumption, workplaces, workforce: Off the books / W.M. Cox and R. Alm -- Surveying the global marketplace / M. Weidenbaum -- Born to buy / J. Schor -- Social sphere, education, health, and religion: Learning for ourselves / J.C. Lundt -- The health of nations / A.S. Relman -- In search of the spiritual / J. Adler -- Social change and the future: Population, environment, and society: Challenge of an aging society / R.D. Lamm and R.H. Blank -- Pushing beyond the earth’s limits / L.R. Brown -- Technology for better or for worse: Secret nuclear war / E. Goncalves -- Biotech on the farm / C.E. Anderson -- New crisis-terrorism: EMP: America’s Achilles’ heel / F.J. Gaffney -- Prospects of global terrorism / R. Gunaratna -- Inside the mind of an Iraqui suicide bomber / A. Ghosh -- Reshaping of the world: Embracing today’s global economy / J.A. Challenger -- Understanding our moment in history / W. Van Dusen Wishard.

[This book will] help you to develop the sociological perspective that will enable you to determine how the issues of the day relate to the way that society is structured. The articles provide not only information but also models of interpretation and analysis that will guide you as you form your own views.... This ... edition ... emphasizes social change, institutional crises, and prospects for the future. It provides intellectual preparation for acting for the betterment of humanity in times of crucial change. The sociological perspective is needed more than ever as humankind tries to find a way to peace, prosperity, health, and well-being that can be maintained for generations in an improving environment ... The goals of this edition are to communicate to students the excitement and importance of the study of the social world and to provoke interest in and enthusiasm for the study of sociology. -Pref.