Preface: What Is Sociology?Part One. Theories, Perspectives, and Methods in Sociology Chapter 1. What Is Social Theory and Why We Need ItChapter 2. Methods, Data, and Other Ways to Look at the WorldChapter 3. Conflicting Conflict Theories—Karl Marx versus Lewis CoserChapter 4. Max Weber and Sociology of Economic TransformationChapter 5. What Keeps Society Together—Functional Approach to Social IntegrationChapter 6. Precision and Simplicity—Two Centuries of Utilitarian PerspectivePart Two. Socialization, Interaction, Community Chapter 7. How Human Beings Become Social BeingsChapter 8. How Society Shapes OurselvesChapter 9. How Conversation Builds SocietiesChapter 10. Interaction as a Stage Play—The Dramaturgical PerspectiveChapter 11. Communities—Real and ImaginedChapter 12. What Happens When There Are No CommunitiesPart Three. State and Society Chapter 13. Why People Obey—Power and AuthorityChapter 14. The State Has Its Own InterestsChapter 15. States Ancient and Modern—Differences and EvolutionChapter 16. Bureaucracy, Not as Bad as It SoundsChapter 17. Organizational PathologiesPart Four. Economy and Society Chapter 18. What Traditional Economies Look LikeChapter 19. How Social Change Propelled Economic TransformationChapter 20. Trust, Culture, and Economic Efficiency—How Economy and Society InteractChapter 21. Social Inequality, Stratification, and ElitesSuggestions for Further Reading
