Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights

574 Pages·2012·6.572 MB·English

by  David L. Brunsma, Keri E. Iyall Smith, Brian K Gran

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Edited by
David L. Brunsma
Keri E. Iyall Smith
Brian K. Gran
Paradigm Publishers
Boulder • London
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All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be transmitted or reproduced in any
media or form, including electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or informational
storage and retrieval systems, without the express written consent of the publisher.
Copyright © 2013 by Paradigm Publishers
Published in the United States by Paradigm Publishers, 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO
80303 USA.
Paradigm Publishers is the trade name of Birkenkamp & Company, LLC,
Dean Birkenkamp, President and Publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Handbook of sociology and human rights / edited by David L. Brunsma, Keri E. Iyall Smith,
Brian K. Gran.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61205-220-5
1. Sociology—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Human rights—Handbooks, manuals, etc.
I. Brunsma, David L., 1970– II. Iyall Smith, Keri E., 1973– III. Gran, Brian, 1963–
HM585.H363 2012
306.2—dc23
2012024516
Printed and bound in the United States of America on acid-free paper that meets the
standards of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library
Materials.
Designed and Typeset by Straight Creek Bookmakers.
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From Dave:
To Rachel. Forever and a day. I love you.
From Keri:
To True, who has not known life without this book project (literally).
From Brian:
To my family. SDG
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List of Figures and Tables x
List of Acronyms xi
Preface xiii
Judith R. Blau
Introduction 1
Sociology and Human Rights: Resituating the Discipline
David L. Brunsma, Keri E. Iyall Smith, and Brian K. Gran
Groups in Society
1 Sex and Gender 12
Barbara Gurr and Nancy A. Naples
2 Aging and the Life Course 23
Robin Shura and Rachel Bryant
3 Mental Health and Human Rights 32
Giedr˙e Baltrušaityt˙e
4 Racial and Ethnic Minorities 42
James M. Thomas and David L. Brunsma
5 Asia and Asian America 52
Mary Yu Danico and Phi Hong Su
6 Latina/o Sociology 59
Rogelio Sáenz, Karen Manges Douglas, and Maria Cristina Morales
7 Children and Youth 69
Brian K. Gran
8 Race, Class, and Gender 79
Mary Romero
9 Sexualities 89
Mary Bernstein
10 Animals and Society 99
Victoria Johnson and John Sanbonmatsu
11 Disability and Society 107
Jean M. Lynch
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Institutions in Society
12 Medical Sociology 118
Susan W. Hinze and Heidi L. Taylor
13 Crime, Law, and Deviance 129
Joachim J. Savelsberg
14 Education 139
Nathalia E. Jaramillo, Peter McLaren, and Jean J. Ryoo
15 Family 149
Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith
16 Organizations, Occupations, and Work 159
J. Kenneth Benson
17 Political Sociology 176
Thomas Janoski
18 Culture 187
Mark D. Jacobs and Lester R. Kurtz
19 Science, Knowledge, and Technology 197
Jennifer L. Croissant
20 Sociology of Law 204
Christopher N. J. Roberts
21 Religion 213
David V. Brewington
22 Economic Sociology 223
Clarence Y. H. Lo
Living Together Locally and Globally
23 Community and Urban Sociology 234
Kenneth Neubeck
24 Peace, War, and Social Conflict 245
Nader Saiedi
25 Environment and Technology 255
Francis O. Adeola and J. Steven Picou
26 Population 265
Jenniffer M. Santos-Hernández
27 Collective Behavior and Social Movements 271
Lyndi Hewitt
28 Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco 280
Jennifer Bronson
29 Rationality and Society 290
Valeska P. Korff, Mimi Zou, Tom Zwart, and Rafael Wittek
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conTenTS ix
30 International Migration 300
Tanya Golash-Boza
31 Labor and Labor Movements 308
Héctor L. Delgado
32 Evolution, Biology, and Sociology 318
Rosemary L. Hopcroft
Methodology, Practice, and Theory
33 Methodology 328
Amir B. Marvasti and Karyn D. McKinney
34 Mathematical Sociology 336
Guillermina Jasso
35 Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis 355
Peter Eglin
36 Comparative and Historical Sociology 365
Jean H. Quataert and Benita Roth
37 Political Economy of the World-System 374
Tarique Niazi and Jeremy Hein
38 Social Psychology 384
Steven Hitlin and Matthew Andersson
39 Sociological Practice and Public Sociology 394
Jan Marie Fritz
40 Teaching and Learning 402
Corey Dolgon
41 History of Sociology 412
J. I. (Hans) Bakker
42 Theory 420
Elizabeth A. Gill
43 Emotions 429
Ann Branaman
44 Marxist Sociology 440
David Fasenfest
References 449
Index 525
About the Contributors 545
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Figures
15.1 Percentage of millennials saying that ___ is one of the
most important things in their lives. 150
29.1 Mechanisms linking macro-level phenomena
and micro-level behavior. 292
34.1 Monotonic functions. 339
34.2 Basic associated functions (PDF, CDF, and QF) in three
continuous univariate distributions: lognormal, Pareto, and
power-function. Arithmetic mean fixed at unity and displayed
as either a vertical line (PDF and CDF) or a horizontal line (QF). 342
34.3 Status function, with subgroup and group averages. The long
horizontal line represents the arithmetic mean of status in the
population. The two short lines represent the arithmetic means
in the bottom and top subgroups. 346
34.4 Segregation model: all-black, all-white, and mixed
neighborhoods in a status society, by subgroup split p.
For each magnitude of the subgroup split (or proportion black),
the proportions in all-black, all-white, and mixed neighborhoods
sum to one. 346
Tables
26.1 Selected crimes against humanity 268
34.1 The wage matrix: N wage-setters and J workers 343
34.2 The self-other status matrix 344
34.3 Observer-by-rewardee matrices of the just reward,
the actual reward, and the justice evaluation 344
34.4 The weight matrix: N wage-setters and J workers 352
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