Preface Part I - Classical Sociological Theory Chapter 1: Working Longer, Living Less: Understanding Marx Through the Workplace Today - John P. Walsh and Anne Zacharias-Walsh The Return of the 12-Hour Day Marx's Theory of Capital Capital as Logic Conclusion Chapter 2: The Weberian Theory of Rationalization and the McDonaldization of Contemporary Society - George Ritzer Efficency Calculability Predictability Replacing People With Nonhuman Technologies The Irrationality of Rationality Conclusion Chapter 3: Surfing the Net for Community: A Durkheimian Analysis of Electronic Gatherings - Anne M. Hornsby Chapter Organization Background on the Net and Electronic Gatherings Electronic Gatherings as Durkheimian Socities Do Electronic Gatherings Represent the Emergence of a Third Type of Durkheimian Society? Conclusion Chapter 4: Alcohol-Related Windows on Simmel's Social World - William J. Staudenmeier, Jr. Alcohol, Conflict, and Change in America Drinking Places Interaction in Taverns Some Contemporary Drinking Problems Conclusion Part II - Contemporary Theories and Their Connections to the Classics Chapter 5: Criminalizing Transgressing Youth: A Neofunctionalist Analysis of Institution Building - Paul Colomy and Laura Ross Greiner Neofunctionalism Identifying a Problem: Making Street Violence Visible Attributing Blame for the Problem: A New Breed of Transgressing Adolescent and the Juvenile Justice System Fixing the Problem: Creating and Mobilizing Support for the Youthful Offender System Conclusion Chapter 6: Why Do African Americans Pay More for New Cars? A Structural Explanation - Christopher Prendergast Structural Explanation in Sociology Some Background Information Car Price Mystery Bargaining Power, Capital, and Dependency The Contexts of Dealer Dependency The Social Structure of Dealer Dependency From Both Sides Now: The Bargaining Process Loose Ends Conclusion Postscript Chapter 7: Critical Theory, Legitimation Crisis, and the Deindustrialization of Flint, Michigan - Steven P. Dandaneau What Is Critical Theory (Doing in Flint)? Habermas and Legitimation Crisis Capitalism in Flint Habermas's Theory of Legitimation Crisis: Systems Crisis Habermas's Theory of Legitimation Crisis: The Lifeworld Conclusion Chapter 8: The Socially Constructed Body: Insights From Feminist Theory - Judith Lorber and Patricia Yancey Martin How Bodies Matter: Appearance and Success The Social Construction of Gendered Bodies Gendered Bodies and Social Power On Telling Men From Women Gender and Sports Risk Behavior Weight and Eating Disorders What Is an Able Body? Degendering Social Bodies Conclusion Chapter 9: Wild Thoughts: An Interactionist Analysis of Ideology, Emotion, and Nature - Gary Alan Fine and Kent L. Sandstrom Sociology, Ideology, and Symbolic Interactionism Ideology, Images, and Moral Order Ideology and Emotion Ideology, Dramaturgy, and Action Frames Group Identity, Networks, and Ideology Conclusions: Ideology in Action Chapter 10: Goffman's Dramaturgical Sociology: Personal Sales and Service in a Commodified World - Peter Kivisto and Dan Pittman Roles Scripts Costumes Stages and Sets Impression Management and Sincerity Conflicting Role Expectations Real Selves in a Commodified World Chapter 11: The New Means of Consumption: A Postmodern Analysis - George Ritzer Postmodern Society as a Consumer Society A Postmodern Analysis Dealing With the New Means of Consumption Conclusion Chapter 12: The Cinematic Society, the Interview, and the Postmodern Self - Norman K. Denzin What Is the Postmodern? The Postmodern Cinematic Society The Birth of Cinematic Surveillance The Interview Society The Interview and the Dramaturgical Society Cultivating Reflexivity Chapter 13: Globalization Theory and Religious Fundamentalism - William H. Swatos, Jr. Global Culture Excursus on the History of Religions Globalization and Fundamentalisms Conclusion Index
