Sociology Now, Census Update
Consider these two statements, each by a famous American president: 1.“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chanc ...
dislike work, so they will slack off unless they are coerced and threatened. On the assembly line, a line supervisor must be wat ...
a master’s degree. In 1900, only about 16 percent of American workers had white- collar jobs, but today the figure is nearing ha ...
blue jumpsuits. In 1900, 60 percent of American workers were blue collar. Today it is less than a quarter (Bureau of Labor Stati ...
pink-collar workers can work their way up to the salary of a white-collar job, but most barely make a living wage, like the fact ...
businesses, thereby fueling inflation, increasing unemployment, and ultimately harm- ing low-skill workers. But several studies ...
called the “underground economy” and the “gray market”—includes several types of activities. Although some people are uncomforta ...
called in from friends and family. Sometimes people bartered something they had for something they needed. With the advent of ca ...
professional photography. Men are more likely to be self- employed than women (8.8 percent versus 6.0 percent) and Whites (8.8 p ...
Contingent and “On Call Work.”Many employers have discovered the economic benefit of replacing permanent employees with employee ...
of the auto and steel industries, the rise of high-technology jobs, and the offshore movement of many jobs. Countries measure un ...
the population belonging to ethnic minority groups (Fried- man, 2006; U.S. Census Bureau, 2004). The upward trends in minority p ...
straight or gay or bisexual, old or young, Christian, Muslim, or Jew—whatever set you apart. Let’s say you were the only Latino. ...
dating and relationships, parenting, household maintenance, and self-concepts for both men and women. But that transformation is ...
In 2005, the median weekly earnings for full-time workers was $722 for men and $585 for women. The gap is noticeable across all ...
Corporate culture is built around the assumption of heterosexuality, with con- versations and jokes from the boardroom down to t ...
patience, are valuable in the twenty-first century workplace (Crittenden, 2005). Levine (1997) found that “working fathers,” or ...
452 CHAPTER 13ECONOMY AND WORK collective ownership, collective goals, and central plan- ning. Communism is collective ownership ...
WHAT DOES AMERICA THINK? 453 should pay a much larger share of their income in taxes. Almost 44 percent said the rich should pay ...
14 ■Politics: Power and Authority Class, Status, and Power Traditional Authority Charismatic Authority Legal-Rational Authority ...
«
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
»
Free download pdf