Sociology Now, Census Update

SUBJECT INDEX 711

Knowledge, authority, 459
Knowledge work, 422
Know-Nothing Party, 258
Kohlberg’s moral development theory,
146–147
Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 92, 258

Labeling theory of deviance, 177, 191
Labor, division of, in bureaucracies, 95
Labor unions, 438, 472
Lady Chatterley’s Lover(Lawrence), 340
Laissez-faire capitalism, 426
Language
bilingual education and, 568
bilingualism and, 273
culture and, 46–47
official, English as, 48, 66
Late adulthood, aging and dying in,
358–362
Latent functions, 24
Latinos/Latinas.SeeHispanic Americans;
Race; Race and ethnicity
Laws, 50
Leaders
charismatic, 489, 492, 493
of groups, 85
Legal-rational authority, 458–459
Legitimacy, family and, 383
Lesbians.SeeHomosexuality; Sexual orien-
tation
Levittown, 633
Liberal feminism, 309
Life expectancy, 231, 349, 533, 619, 629
Life span, 349
sex and, 360
thinking sociologically about, 362
Likert scale, 117, 119
Listservs in research, 135
Literacy
cultural, 563–564
education and, 562–563
media, 596
scientific, 564
Literacy rate, global economies and, 231
Literature review, 109–110
Lobbies, 471–474
Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act,
186
Longitudinal studies, 372
Looking-glass self, 72–73
Love, gender inequality in, 305, 306
Lower class, 214
Lower upper class, 213
Low-income countries, 232

Macrolevel analysis, 27
Magna Carta, 460
“Mail-order wives,” 624
Majority groups, 248–251. See alsoWhite
Americans
Malthusian theory, 627–628
Managerial corporations, 432
The Man behind the Myths(Oates), 224

Manifest functions, 24

Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of

Race(Montagu), 250

Manufacturing consent, 436

Marijuana, 542

Marital status, 78, 100–101

Market theories of global inequality,

233–234

Marriage, 393–401

biracial, 398–399

blended families and, 408–409

“Boston marriages,” 326, 399

cohabitation and, 395–397

companionate, 387

delayed, 394–395

divorce and, 406–409

exogamy and, 384

gender inequality in, 305–306

group, 384

interracial, 398–399, 400, 414–415

intimate partner violence and, 409–410

legitimacy and, 383

monogamous, 383

polyandrous, 384

polygamous, 383

polygynous, 383–384

reasons for nonmarital choices and,

397–398

same-sex, 394, 399–401

singlehood versus, 395

trends in, 398

Marx’s views, 15–16

on religion, 490

on social class, 210

Masculinities, 281–282

Masculinization of sex, 332

Mass media, 587–614

advertising and, 602–603

as agent of socialization, 154–156

blogs, 591

celebrities and, 603–604

confidence in, 604, 615

consolidation of, 601–602

cultural imperialism and, 611–612

culture industries and, 598–600

freedom of the press and, 610, 615

games, gambling, and porn, 593–594

globalization of, 609–612

identity and, 604–607

Internet, 594–595

minorities in, 598

multicultural voices and, 600–601

print, 589–591

race and ethnic relationships portrayed in,

269

radio, movies, and television, 592–593

regulation of, 607–609

saturation and convergence and, 595–597

in 21st century, 613–614

Mass production, 420

Master status, 78–79

Masturbation, 327

Material culture, 40–41

Maternal “instinct,” 143

Maternal mortality rate, 534

Mathematics, 511

Matrilineal descent, 383

Matrix of domination, 260

McDonaldization, 31

Mead’s views, 20–21

on socialization, 144–145

Mechanical solidarity, 18, 636

Media

definition of, 588

interactive, 598

mass.SeeMass media

Media consolidation, 601–602

Media literacy, 596

Media texts, 598

consumption of, 606

meaning in, 605

Medicalization, 539

Megalopolises, 636

Melting pot, United States as, 272, 275, 277

Members, hardcore, 85–86

Men.SeeGenderentries;Sexentries;Sexual

entries

Men and Women of the Corporation

(Kanter), 94

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from

Venus(Gray), 279

Mental illness, 539–541

Meritocracy, 207

“The Metropolis and Mental Life” (Simmel),

627

“Microcredit,” 226

Microlevel analysis, 27–28

Middle adulthood, 354–356

Middle age, 354–356

Middle class, myth of, 215–216

Middle Eastern Americans, 270–271

Middle Eastern Broadcasting Company, 611

Middle-income countries, 232

Middle middle class, 214

Middletown(Lynd), 352

Midlife crisis, 355

Migration, 620–624

emigration, 620–622

immigration, 273, 620–624

internal, 622–624

Military, 476–477

“Millennium Project,” 225

Minority groups, 248. See alsoEthnicity;

Race; Race and ethnicity; specific

groups

early focus on, 21–23

in mass media, 598

in sociology, 34–35

Miscegenation, 398

Mobility, social. SeeSocial mobility

Modern economy, 420–421

Modernism, 14, 32–34

Modernization theory of global inequality,

233–234

Monarchy, 460

Monogamy, 383