illicit, 29, 277
types of, 29, 33, 277
Drunk driving, 390
Dying, 252
dysfunction, 86
E
Earnings, 83, 85
ecological fallacy, 188-191, 193-194, 197, 199, 387
economic conditions, 52, 77, 80, 122, 196
economic development, 33, 52, 72, 197
Economic forces, 13, 77, 191
Economic inequality, 135, 177
Economic systems, 52
Economics, 8, 15, 21, 77, 83, 96, 124
economy, 33, 67, 117, 172
economy and, 117, 172
Education, 1, 9, 16, 25, 29-31, 34, 41, 45-47, 55, 60,
75, 80, 83, 85, 87, 91, 110, 115, 125,
132-133, 136, 141, 163, 165, 180, 190, 196,
201, 213, 217, 230, 233, 237, 245, 276,
281-285, 367, 371, 380-381, 384-386
adult, 196, 381, 386
elementary, 230
empowerment, 110
family and, 60, 83, 230
learning and, 75
myths, 381
outcomes, 29, 34, 282-283
sex, 136, 141, 380, 386
social class and, 196
society, 1, 60, 83, 85, 115, 125, 217, 230, 233, 283,
371, 380-381
educators, 11
efficiency, 83, 101
Elderly, 35, 237, 248, 271, 373-374, 379, 382, 391
families, 35
love, 35
elections, 23, 65, 178, 253, 283
Elite, 59, 72
Elites, 17, 52, 72, 274
Emancipation, 117
Emotional attachment, 35
Empathy, 41
Empirical evidence, 40, 57, 59-61, 68-70, 95, 101,
128, 172, 182, 184, 188, 190, 213, 287, 306
empiricism, 97
employment, 28, 31, 135, 153, 158, 160, 237, 270,
292-293
Energy, 10, 167, 258, 276
Engagement, 12, 36, 47, 286
England, 385
English language, 32, 392
Enjoyment, 121
enumeration, 373-374
Environment, 31, 34, 51, 84, 101, 109, 115, 118, 169,
210, 276
impact, 31
movement, 84
Epidemic, 6
equal opportunity, 232-233
equality, 30, 36, 121, 173, 216, 226
equilibrium, 83, 86, 277
equity, 136, 305
ethical issues, 102, 125-126, 145-147, 157-158,
163-164, 286, 313
Ethics, 125, 145, 147-148, 150, 152, 157-158,
162-163, 281, 292, 310
Ethics in research, 147
ethnic diversity, 31
Ethnic groups, 64
ethnic identity, 297
ethnic minorities, 249
ethnic relations, 72
ethnicity, 64, 161, 168, 249, 380, 388
Ethnographies, 21
Ethnography, 16, 20, 26, 42, 51, 117, 130
ethnomethodology, 103
Europe, 52, 102, 189, 229, 238, 381
European Union, 231
Evaluation research, 28-29, 53-54, 159, 161
everyday life, 62-63, 68, 99, 104, 107, 109, 162, 173,
203
Evidence, 4, 6, 8-11, 14, 22, 29, 39-42, 52, 57, 59-61,
64, 68-71, 74, 85, 87, 95-96, 100-102,
107-108, 110, 115, 118, 121, 128, 170-173,
176-179, 181-186, 188-190, 194, 197-198,
208, 211, 213, 216, 218, 220, 282, 287, 295,
306, 310, 369-370, 373, 381
evolution, 11-12, 26, 58, 85, 195
Exchange theory, 86
Exercise, 34, 77, 101, 108, 138, 173, 175
Experimental design, 154, 281, 286, 290-294, 296,
298-299, 310-312
Experimental group, 289-294, 296, 300, 302, 310-312
Experimental groups, 292, 296
Experimental research, 47, 53, 123, 151-152, 221,
281-313
Experiments, 19, 40, 47-48, 97, 116, 119, 125, 147,
149, 157, 183, 241, 281-283, 285-288,
290-292, 298, 300, 302-303, 306, 308-313,
369, 380, 384
Exploitation, 66, 86, 122
Eye, 32, 104, 204, 220-221, 302
Eye contact, 302
F
Factories, 31, 286
Factory workers, 211
facts, 2-3, 10, 17, 38, 55, 60, 99-101, 105, 107-108,
115, 118, 121, 123, 235, 242
False consciousness, 113, 118, 123
Families, 33, 35, 43-44, 60, 135, 141, 175, 189, 193,
269, 276
nontraditional, 141
single-parent, 276
Family, 1, 8, 16, 29-31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43-44, 60, 65,
67, 72, 75, 78, 81-85, 87, 118-119, 122, 132,
141, 145, 161, 176, 178, 180-181, 188-189,
202, 208, 214, 216-217, 224-225, 230, 241,
247, 250-251, 264-265, 274, 276, 290, 369,
377, 381
American, 39, 60, 82-83, 141, 217, 230, 377
biological, 8, 119
career, 31, 145, 290
changes, 29-30, 202
child abuse, 33, 39, 78
communication, 82, 274
concept of, 180
contemporary, 377
dates, 369
deterioration of, 369
divorce, 33, 60, 78, 84-85, 250
egalitarian, 30
extended, 41, 60, 381
nuclear, 188
problems, 16, 30, 33, 118
traditional, 33, 78, 83, 85, 118-119, 141, 247, 290
family members, 33, 60, 67, 78, 84, 161
Family values, 377
Fantasy, 10
Fashion, 55, 62, 239, 376
Fatalities, 295, 382
Fate, 77
fear, 3, 33, 43, 56, 60, 64, 77, 128, 148, 177, 218, 236,
312
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 226
federal government, 6-7, 28, 31, 102, 135, 137, 151,
156, 389
Fees, 131-132
femininity, 223
feminism, 116, 216
feminist movement, 383
Field research, 20, 29, 39, 51-53, 103, 109, 117, 123,
125, 129, 150-154, 169, 172, 197, 210, 273,
284, 299
Fieldwork, 246
Finland, 228-229
flag, 250, 376-377, 392
Flexibility, 118, 168, 172, 177
Flextime, 28
Floating, 88
Focus groups, 32
focus of, 18, 20, 40, 87, 173, 203
Food, 33, 59, 71, 77, 113, 197, 202-203, 215, 226,
292-293, 382
Football, 5, 67, 88, 176, 193, 300, 376
Forbes, 130
force, 9, 33, 151, 156, 180, 186, 188, 190, 204, 384
Forcible rape, 226
formal schooling, 6, 74, 223
Formalization, 226
Fossil fuels, 11
Foucault, Michel, 57, 119
Framework, 69-70, 74, 85, 87-89, 96, 115, 127
France, 14, 231, 389, 392
Fraud, 3, 146, 163
Freedom, 34, 36, 56, 65, 109, 116, 118, 121, 141,152-153, 162, 269, 376, 389
Freud, Sigmund, 110
Friends, 1, 8, 33, 39, 56, 60, 77, 84, 88, 145, 158, 178,
206, 208, 211, 237, 251, 275, 277
Friendship, 31, 85, 104, 173, 275
characteristics, 31, 275
close, 275
life cycle and, 85
Friendships, 173
Fromm, Erich, 110
Frustration, 56, 78
Fun, 3, 23, 132
function, 83, 106
Functionalism, 85-86
education, 85
family, 85
gender, 85
inequality, 86
media, 85
social institutions and, 85
Functions, 55, 83, 86, 202
functions of, 55, 83, 86
Funding, 73, 102, 146, 158-159
G
gambling, 11, 33, 35, 73, 107-108, 160
Games, 87, 117, 301
gangs, 20, 40, 42, 125, 150, 172, 175, 274
gathering, 4, 21, 31, 39, 126, 165, 184, 203-205, 210,
247, 308
gay men, 277
Gays, 161, 164
Gender, 19-20, 30, 72, 85, 94, 98, 105, 111, 118-119,
121, 124, 128, 136, 141, 162, 180, 193, 198,
212, 222, 226, 249, 251, 261-262, 270, 290,
297, 299, 369-371, 373, 377-379, 383, 389
construction, 105, 226
defined, 251, 389
differences, 94, 119, 121, 370, 373
discrimination, 19, 111, 136
gap, 30, 94
identity, 72, 118, 141, 297, 377
in nursing homes, 373
inequalities, 72, 371
multiple, 20, 72, 105, 111, 118-119, 121, 136, 162,
180, 212, 226, 373, 377-378
work and, 371
Gender differences, 119, 370, 373
Gender equality, 226
gender equity, 136
gender groups, 373
gender relations, 30, 226, 369
gender roles, 118, 141, 373
communication and, 373
differences in, 373
Gender segregation, 383
Gender stereotypes, 128, 378
General Social Survey, 262, 269-270, 384, 386
Generalizability, 139, 229
Generalization, 4, 69-70, 77, 84-85, 87-88, 304,
306-308, 310, 312
Generalizations, 71, 84-85, 87, 95, 107, 176, 373
Georgia, 197, 376, 382
Germany, 110, 147, 231, 238, 240, 284, 385, 389, 392
Gestures, 6, 104, 177
Giddens, Anthony, 57
girls, 368, 371, 373, 375, 383
Global competition, 80
Global warming, 11
Goffman, Erving, 57
Gold standard, 248, 250
Google, 129, 144
Government, 6-9, 13, 19, 22, 24, 27-29, 31, 33-34,
36-37, 49, 51, 57, 60, 65, 72, 77, 85,
101-102, 111, 120, 127, 135, 137, 145-147,
151, 155-156, 158, 160-161, 164, 178, 186,
202, 207, 215, 247, 295, 369, 376, 379-381,
383-390, 392
Government policy, 60, 77
Grades, 29, 74-76, 141, 153, 181, 185, 207, 223, 300,
386
Granovetter, 280
grants, 6, 153
Great Britain, 240, 380
Great Depression, 253, 390
Group marriage, 48
Groups, 5, 21, 29-30, 32, 34, 38, 41-42, 48, 62, 64-65,
68, 70-72, 84-86, 99, 112, 115, 117, 120,
122, 143, 149, 152, 154, 156, 161, 173,