Sociology Now, Census Update

712 SUBJECT INDEX

Moral development, Kohlberg’s theory of,
146–147
Morbidity rate, 533
Mores, 50, 170
Mortality rate, 533, 619–620
diseases and, 357
infant, 534, 620
maternal, 534
Movies, 592
Multicultural feminism, 309–310
Multiculturalism, 27–32, 272–273
globalization related to, 28–31
in mass media, 600–601
Multigenerational households, 394
Multinational corporations, 432–434
Multiraciality, 246–247
Muscle dysmorphia, 527, 528
MySpace, 89, 90, 91

NAACP, 472
National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
study of sexual behavior, 328–329
National Rifle Association, 91
National Women’s Suffrage Association, 92,
307
Native Americans, 263–265. See also
Ethnicity; Race; Race and ethnicity
families of, 389–390
terminology for, 274
Natural environment, 640–647
disasters and, 646–647
energy and, 642
threats to, 643–646, 649
vanishing resources and, 643
Natural population increase, 625
Nature-nurture issue, 11
socialization and, 140–141
Negotiation stage of dying, 361
Neighborhood segregation, 256, 276–277
Net migration rate, 622
Networks, 88–91
globalization and, 89–91
scientific, 513–514
social experience and, 88–89
New Age religions, 507–508
New Deal, 430–431
Nickel and Dimed(Ehrenreich), 223
Nicotine, 541–542, 543
Nigger(Kennedy), 274
The 99, 502
Nobel Prize, 515
“No Child Left Behind “ (NCLB) law, 575
No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in
Learning(Ternstrom and Ternstrom),
570
Nonmarital sex, 398
Nonmaterial culture, 41
Nonverbal communication, 74–75
cultural differences in, 74
Norm(s), 48–50
age, 349
Normative organizations, 91–92
NOW, 472

Nuclear family, 287

origins of, 386–388

Nuclear waste, 646

Obesity, 525

Object(s), fads and, 59

Objectivity

as norm of science, 511

in research, 130

Observation

detached, 114

participant, 114–115

Observational research methods, 112–118

experiments, 111, 112–114, 126, 134

field studies, 114–117, 126

interviews, 112, 116, 117–118, 126

Occupational crime, 183

Oedipal stage of personality development,

148

Old age, 356–358

Oligarchy, 460–461

“On call work,” 444

Online poker, 593–594

Opportunity theory of crime, 181–182

Oral stage of personality development, 148

Organic solidarity, 18, 637

Organization(s), 91–99

bureaucracy and, 94–98

coercive, 92

globalization and, 98–99

membership in, 93

normative, 91–92

race, gender, and inequality and, 93–94

utilitarian, 92–93

Organizational crime, 183

Others, developing perspective of, 144–145

Outer controls, 176

Out-group(s), 83–84, 248

Out-group heterogeneity, 84

Outsourcing, 423–424

Overspecialization in bureaucracies, 96

Overstating research results, 131–132

Overt racism, 252

Pan-Indianism, 265

Paradigms, 24

Parent(s), working, 450–451

Parenting, 401–406

adoptive parents and, 400, 404–405

childlessness and, 405–406

gender and, 402

grandparenting and, 403–404

opting out to be full-time mothers and,

403

single-parent families and, 402–403

“Parkinson’s Law,” 97

Parolees, 198

Participant observation, 114–115

Participatory democracy, 462

Part-time work, 443

Passages(Sheehy), 355

Patriarchy, 282

Patrilineal descent, 383

Pay gap, 448. See alsoWage gap

Pedophilia, 325

Peer group

as agent of socialization, 154

approval of, race and gender and, 155

Pentecostal Revival, 500

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,

474

Periphery in world system theory, 236

Personal computers, media and, 594

Personality(ies)

bureaucratic, 97

fads and, 60

Freud’s theory of, 147–148

“Peter Principle,” 97

The Philadelphia Negro(Du Bois), 22

Physical sciences, 510

Piaget’s cognitive development theory,

145–146

Piece-rate pay system, 436

Pink-collar jobs, 438–439

Pink Collar Workers: the World of Woman’s

Work(Howe), 438

Plain Facts for Old and Young(Kellogg),

327

Plant species, depletion of, 643

Pledge of Allegiance, 47, 48

Pluralism, 272–273

Police, 193–194

Political action committees (PACs), 466,

473–474

Political change, 474–480

revolutions and, 475–476

social movements and, 474–475

terrorism and, 477–480

war and military and, 476–477

Politically correct, use of term, 459

Political office

class, race, gender, and power and,

465–467

women in, 302, 313

Political parties, 468–470

affiliations with, 470–471

Political revolutions, 476

Political systems, 459–474

American, 468–474

authoritarian, 460–461

citizenship and, 467–468

democracy, 462–463

problems of, 463–467

Politics, 456–459

civil society and, 480–482

interest groups and, 471–474

polling and, 472

of popular culture, 60–61

power and, 456–459

religion as, 508–510

sexuality and, 335, 338–339

social change and, 480

in 21st century, 482

Polling, elections and, 472

Pollution, 644

indexes of, 640