Sociology for Caribbean Students

532 Pages·2013·4.751 MB·English

by  Nasser Mustapha

Sociology
for
Caribbean Students

Sociology
for
Caribbean Students
Second Edition
NASSER MUSTAPHA
First edition published 2009
Second edition published 2013 in Jamaica by
Ian Randle Publishers
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Box 686
Kingston 6
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© 2013 Nasser Mustapha
ISBN 978-976-637-627-7
Epub Edition @ August 2013 ISBN: 978-976-637-801-1
Mustapha, Nasser
Sociology for Caribbean Students / Nasser Mustapha. – 2nd ed.
p. : ill. ; cm.
Bibliography : p. – Includes index
ISBN 978-976-637-627-7 (pbk)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Figures | ix
List of Tables | x
Acknowledgements | xiii
UNIT 1: THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Module 1: Sociological Concepts, Perspectives and Methods
Chapter 1: Sociology as a Discipline | 5
Chapter 2: Sociological Research | 40
Chapter 3: Culture and Identity | 86
Chapter 4: Culture in the Caribbean | 106
Module 2: Social Institutions: Family, Religion and Education
Chapter 5: The Family | 127
Chapter 6: Religion | 159
Chapter 7: Education | 180
Module 3: Social Stratification and Social Mobility
Chapter 8: Social Stratification: Concepts and Theories | 213
Chapter 9: Stratification in the Caribbean | 237
UNIT 2: DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Module 1: Population and Development
Chapter 10: Introduction to Population Studies | 257
Chapter 11: Population Theories | 283
Chapter 12: Population Growth Rates and Trends | 307
Chapter 13: Population and Development in the Caribbean | 337
Chapter 14: Social Development: Concepts and Theories | 346
Chapter 15: Issues in Caribbean Development | 369
Module 2: Crime and Deviance
Chapter 16: Introduction to Crime and Deviance: Concepts and Theories | 385
Chapter 17: Institutions of Social Control | 416
Chapter 18: Crime and Society | 431
Module 3: Caribbean Social Issues: Poverty, Health
and the Environment
Chapter 19: Poverty | 445
Chapter 20: Caribbean Social Issues: Health and the Environment | 460
Bibliography | 489
Multiple Choice Answers | 503
Index | 509
List of Figures
1.1 The Main Sociological Perspectives | 25
2.1 Role of the Observer | 60
2.2 Portrayal of the Role of Observer to Others | 60
5.1 Households by Type in the US, 1970–2000 | 136
8.1 The Indian Caste System | 224
9.1 Stratification in Plantation Society | 245
9.2 The Stratification System of Trinidad and Tobago in the Period following
Emancipation (post-1845) | 246
9.3 The Social Stratification of Trinidad and Tobago in the Period
Post-Independence 1962 | 247
10.1 Population Pyramid for the Caribbean 1980 | 278
10.2 Population Pyramid for the Caribbean 1995 | 278
10.3 Population Pyramid for the Caribbean 2010 | 279
11.1 The Stages of the Demographic Transition Theory | 295
11.2 The Demographic Transition Model | 297
11.3 The Demographic Transition Model Showing Stage 5 | 297
12.1 Population Pyramids for India, Japan and Kenya, 2000 | 309
12.2 Migration from Jamaica 1970–89 | 331
14.l Gunder Frank’s Dependency Model | 353
15.1 Estimates of Visitor Expenditure | 375
16.1 Robert K. Merton’s Deviance Typology | 395