Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Introduction (starting p. 1)
  • 0 Context
  • 0.1 Demographic Trends (starting p. 7)
  • 0.2 Macro-economic Trends (starting p. 18)
  • 0.3 Macro-technological Trends (starting p. 30)
  • 1 Age Groups
  • 1.1 Youth (starting p. 46)
  • 1.2 Elders (starting p. 53)
  • 2 Microsocial
  • 2.1 Self-identification (starting p. 60)
  • 2.2 Kinship Networks (starting p. 70)
  • 2.3 Community and Neighbourhood Types (starting p. 78)
  • 2.4 Local Autonomy (starting p. 84)
  • 2.5 Voluntary Associations (starting p. 90)
  • 2.6 Sociability Networks (starting p. 96)
  • 3 Women
  • 3.1 Female Roles (starting p. 103)
  • 3.2 Childbearing (starting p. 113)
  • 3.3 Matrimonial Models (starting p. 120)
  • 3.4 Women's Employment (starting p. 128)
  • 3.5 Reproductive Technologies (starting p. 136)
  • 4 Labour Market
  • 4.1 Unemployment (starting p. 145)
  • 4.2 Skills and Occupational Levels (starting p. 152)
  • 4.3 Types of Employment (starting p. 156)
  • 4.4 Sectors of the Labour Force (starting p. 162)
  • 4.5 Computerization of Work (starting p. 165)
  • 5 Labour and Management
  • 5.1 Work Organization (starting p. 170)
  • 5.2 Personnel Administration (starting p. 182)
  • 5.3 Sizes and Types of Enterprises (starting p. 188)
  • 6 Social Stratification
  • 6.1 Occupational Status (starting p. 195)
  • 6.2 Social Mobility (starting p. 200)
  • 6.3 Economic Inequality (starting p. 206)
  • 6.4 Social Inequality (starting p. 211)
  • 7 Social Relations
  • 7.1 Conflict (starting p. 214)
  • 7.2 Negotiation (starting p. 223)
  • 7.3 Norms of Conduct (starting p. 227)
  • 7.4 Authority (starting p. 236)
  • 7.5 Public Opinion (starting p. 243)
  • 8 State and Service Institutions
  • 8.1 Educational System (starting p. 248)
  • 8.2 Health System (starting p. 257)
  • 8.3 Welfare System (starting p. 261)
  • 8.4 The State (starting p. 275)
  • 9 Mobilizing Institutions
  • 9.1 Labour Unions (starting p. 282)
  • 9.2 Religious Institutions (starting p. 289)
  • 9.3 Military Forces (starting p. 297)
  • 9.4 Political Parties (starting p. 305)
  • 9.5 Mass Media (starting p. 311)
  • 10 Institutionalization of Social Forces
  • 10.1 Dispute Settlement (starting p. 315)
  • 10.2 Institutionalization of Labour Unions (starting p. 321)
  • 10.3 Social Movements (starting p. 327)
  • 10.4 Interest Groups (starting p. 333)
  • 11 Ideologies
  • 11.1 Political Differentiation (starting p. 340)
  • 11.2 Confidence in Institutions (starting p. 349)
  • 11.3 Economic Orientations (starting p. 357)
  • 11.4 Radicalism (starting p. 363)
  • 11.5 Religious Beliefs (starting p. 370)
  • 12 Household Resources
  • 12.1 Personal and Family Income (starting p. 376)
  • 12.2 Informal Economy (starting p. 385)
  • 12.3 Personal and Family Wealth (starting p. 389)
  • 13 Lifestyle
  • 13.1 Market Goods and Services (starting p. 396)
  • 13.2 Mass Information (starting p. 403)
  • 13.3 Personal-health and Beauty Practices (starting p. 406)
  • 13.4 Time Use (starting p. 409)
  • 13.5 Daily Mobility (starting p. 415)
  • 13.6 Household Production (starting p. 420)
  • 13.7 Forms of Erotic Expression (starting p. 427)
  • 13.8 Mood-altering Substances (starting p. 436)
  • 14 Leisure
  • 14.1 Amount and Use of Free Time (starting p. 444)
  • 14.2 Vacation Patterns (starting p. 448)
  • 14.3 Athletics and Sports (starting p. 453)
  • 14.4 Cultural Activities (starting p. 457)
  • 15 Educational Attainment
  • 15.1 General Education (starting p. 463)
  • 15.2 Professional and Vocational Education (starting p. 468)
  • 15.3 Continuing Education (starting p. 473)
  • 16 Integration and Marginalization
  • 16.1 Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities (starting p. 476)
  • 16.2 Crime and Punishment (starting p. 487)
  • 16.3 Emotional Disorders and Self-destructive Behaviour (starting p. 494)
  • 16.4 Poverty (starting p. 501)
  • 17 Attitudes and Values
  • 17.1 Satisfaction (starting p. 508)
  • 17.2 Perception of Social Problems (starting p. 518)
  • 17.3 Orientations toward the Future (starting p. 524)
  • 17.4 Values (starting p. 533)
  • 17.5 National Identity (starting p. 539)
  • Index (starting p. 547)