Changing Families: Idealized Perceptions of Family
Idealized perceptions of family are often at odds with reality. For example, the 1950's was a decade many point to nostalgically as the golden age of family. Yet fathers were frequently so consumed with their jobs duri..
Changing Families: Impact of the Family
An Arab-American family in Dearborn, Michigan, a lesbian couple and their daughter in San Francisco, California, and a family living among the Amish in Pennsylvania are profiled. They illustrate how living in a family ..
Changing Families: Role of Family and Social Change, The
Despite enormous changes in the forms that families may take, family as an institution somehow endures and continues to play a uniquely important role in society.
Changing Families: Why Families Have Changed
The institution of family has changed since the 1960's because of many factors, including the increased participation of women in the paid labor force, the rise in divorce rates, and developments in contraception and rep..
China and the Tiananmen Square Protests (Part One)
Professor of Sociology and History Craig Calhoun tells the story of what led up to the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests in China, including the role of the media and the erosion of communist rule in various locations aroun..
China and the Tiananmen Square Protests (Part Two)
Professor of Sociology and History Craig Calhoun tells the story of what led up to the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests in China, including the role of the media and the erosion of communist rule in various locations aroun..
Civil Rights Legislation and Equal Opportunity
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about Civil Rights legislation and equal opportunity in the United States. Professor Conley states that while Civil Rights legislation of the 1960's "opened th..
Class-Based Affirmative Action:
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about class-based affirmative action as an alternative to the much more common, but increasingly unpopular race-based affirmative action.
Common Ground: Amish, The: A World Apart
The Amish church bases its religious teachings on Anabaptist beliefs, which emphasize that the church is a distinctive social community that's separate and apart from the outside world.
Common Ground: Amish, The: Portrait of a Subculture
The Amish are a unique religious subculture in American society. In addition to speaking their native Pennsylvania Dutch language along with English, the Amish are known for their close-knit sense of community and for de..