Study guide and discussion questions for the internet lecture on the family by Giddens. Come prepared to discuss the discussion questions next week (for the online class, discuss these questions this week on our discussion board).

Study guide/discussion question questions:

Discuss the key changes affecting the family. Discuss the democratic family.

Discussion questions:

Giddens talks about how the family is transforming. Do you see the tranformations that he mentions in your family? Giddens tends to be pretty optimistic about these transformations. He sees them as positive trends. What do you think?

Study guide and discussion questions for "Love, Arranged Marriage, and the Indian Social Structure" by GIRI RAJ GUPTA. Come prepared to discuss the discussion questions next week (for the online class, discuss these questions this week on our discussion board).

Study guide/discussion questions:

What is the attitude toward love and arranged marriage in India?

Describe the attitudes and norms associated with marriage and mate selection in India.

Discussion question:

What can we learn about how we do love in the United States from how Indians do love?

Study guide for Giddens et al. Chapter 15, Families and Intimate Relationships

Know about the following:

Talcott Parsons
feminism
the traditional American family
changes in family systems in the developing world
changes affecting family systems worldwide
cohabitation
trend toward later marriages
Bumpass et al.
family composition
African American families
Hispanic families
Asian American families
Native American families
trends in the divorce rate
Lenore Weitzman
factors that increase the likelihood of divorce
Diane Vaughan
Judith Wallerstein
factors related to the likelihood of marriage
stepfamilies
Cherlin
the effects of divorce on children
single-parent families
child abuse
David Popenoe
Judith Stacey
Arlie Hochschild
families in the past
characteristics of the family in the United States today
female-headed African-American families
patterns of remarriage
the second shift
changes in household size throughout the history of the United States
gay-parent families
Betty Friedan

Study guide for Giddens et al. Chapter 13, Government, Political Power, and Social Movements

Know about the following:

government
politics
power
authority
state
traditional state
nation-state
civil rights
political rights
social rights
welfare state
democracy
participatory democracy
constitutional monarchy
political party
liberal democracy
two-party system
multiparty system
interest group
lobbyist
democratic elitism
Max Weber
pluralist
C. Wright Mills, the power elite
revolution
social movement
Marx
James Davies
Charles Tilly
Theda Skocpol
Smelser
Touraine
new social movements
globalization
legitimation crisis
political action committee
Internet democracy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
women’s movement
World Trade Organization
Irish Republican Army
old-style terrorism
postmaterialist values

Study guide and discussion questions for “Democracy, Capitalism, and Transformation” by Immanuel Wallerstein. Come prepared to discuss the discussion questions next week (for the online class, discuss these questions this week on our discussion board).

Possible final exam essay question

The following question concerns “Democracy, Capitalism, and Transformation” by Immanuel Wallerstein. How does Wallerstein interpret the history of democracy? What is the relationship between capitalism and democracy? What does he see as the future of the present world system? This question is worth 12 points.

Discussion questions:

Do you think that the United States is a democracy? Why or why not?

What is your assessment of Wallerstein's understanding of democracy?

Let's talk about the future of democracy. Where do you see it going?

Here is the link: http://fbc.binghamton.edu/iw-vien2.htm

Study guide and discussion questions for "The Rise and Fall of Mass Rail Transit" (from Building American Cities: The Urban Real Estate Game) by JOE R. FEAGIN and ROBERT PARKER. Come prepared to discuss the discussion questions next week (for the online class, discuss these questions this week on our discussion board).

Study guide/discussion questions:

How do Feagin and Parker explain the decline in mass rail transit in the United States?
Discuss Feagin and Parker’s comparison of the rail transit systems in the US and Germany.
How does Feagin and Parker characterize urban politics?
Discuss urban development in Los Angeles.
What is are the various forms of mass transit?

Discussion questions:

What is your assessment of Feagin and Parker's argument that the rise of the automobile is largely due to corporate manipulation?

Do you think that corporations have that kind of power today?

Midterm 4 study guide for Giddens et al. Chapter 11, Ethnicity and Race

Know about the following:

racial literacy
race
racialization
ethnicity
situational ethnicity
symbolic ethnicity
prejudice
discrimination
racism
institutional racism
new racism
stereotypical thinking
displacement
scapegoating
projection
current status of immigration patterns to the United States
economic impact of new immigrants
genocide
ethnic cleansing
segregation
assimilation
pluralism
multiculturalism
global migratory patterns
classical model of immigration
systems approach
diaspora
waves of immigrants to the United States
potato famine
Brown v. Board of Education
1964 Civil Rights Act
Jake Najman
Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton
Robert Blauner
William Juilus Wilson
David Wellman
Minority group
colonial model of migration
feminization of migration patterns
Robin Cohen
cultural racism

Study guide for "Laissez-Faire Racism: The Crystallization of a 'Kinder, Gentler' Anti-Black Ideology."

Study guide for "Laissez-Faire Racism: The Crystallization of a 'Kinder, Gentler' Anti-Black Ideology."

Describe laissez-faire racism. Compare with Jim Crow racism.

When reading the article, focus on the following sections:

Introduction
Racism in the Modern Era
Is Racism an Appropriate Label?
The Decline of Jim Crow Racism
Opposition to Progressive Social Policy
The Decline of Biological Racism
The Emergence of Laissez Faire Racism (introduction and The Link to Mass Racial Attitudes)Conclusions


Possible essay question:

Referring to Lawrence Bobo et al.’s article “Laissez Faire Racism: The Crystallization of a 'Kinder, Gentler' Anti-Black Ideology,” discuss laissez-faire racism. Compare with Jim Crow racism. Provide as much detail as possible. (This question is worth 12 points.)


Here is the link:
http://www.russellsage.org/sites/all/files/u4/Bobo%2C%20Kluegel%2C%20%26%20Smith_Laissez%20Faire%20Racism.doc

Midterm 4 study guide for Giddens et al. Chapter 10, Gender Inequality

Know about the following:

sex
gender
gender socialization
the social construction of gender and sex
Margaret Mead
the !Kung
berdache
patriarchy
gender inequality
women's participation in the paid labor force
the pay gap between men and women
comparable worth
the glass ceiling
the glass escalator
sexual harassment
the gendered division of labor in the home
Talcott Parsons
liberal feminism
radical feminism
black feminism
postmodern feminism
sex segregation
human capital theory
Susan Brownmiller
rape
the second shift

Study guide and discussion questions for "Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities" by MICHAEL A. MESSNER. Come prepared to discuss the discussion questions next week (for the online class, discuss these questions this week on our discussion board).

Why do men play organized sports?

Compare the athletic careers of middle-class and working-class men.

Talk about your experience participating in organized sports. Can you relate to the athletes that Messner describes?