Big Picture / Human Society / Social Organization & Change

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Social Structure & Change

• Structure of society
• Bureaucratic & industrial specialization
• Social control
• Change

Group Structure of Society

• Various types of groups
• Social effects of racial and ethnic prejudice
• Special social concerns
  • adolescence
  • aging
  • crime
  • cultural minorities
  • drug, alcohol, gambling abuse
    • Our Social Hangover (sp)
  • gender diversity
  • poverty
  • prostitution
  • sexual deviance, harassment, assault
  • suicide

• Social service
  • philanthropy: bill gates: GatesNotes | elitism: Winners Take All Giridharadas | fundraising made easy: Dipjar | global goals for a sustainable world: GoalKeepers | mega-wealth redistribution: From Generosity to Justice, The Giving Pledge

Social Status

• Social differentiation and stratification
• Varieties of social stratification & mobility

Human Populations: Urban and Rural Communities

• Composition and change of human populations
  • Determinants of population
  • Historical changes in population
  • Theories of population
  • Policies influencing population growth and composition
    • Immigration and Refugees
  • Population projections and problems of the population explosion

• Cities
• Rural areas

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