Teenage wasteland: suburbia's dead-end kids-applying the sociological imagination to teen suicide -- The "other" Americans-problems with the measurement of race and ethnicity -- Personal reflections on researching HIV disease-ethical concerns of doing social research -- The code of the streets-an exploration of street culture -- Warrior dreams: violence and manhood in post-Vietnam America-the rise of paramilitary cultures in the United States -- Boyhood, organized sports, and the construction of masculinities-the social construction of masculinity -- Making IT by faking IT: working-class students in an elit academic environment -- Social architecture of amish society -- Gang business: making ends meet-a functional analysis of a primary group -- Women of the klan: organizing 100 percent American women-an illustration of secondary group membership -- Anorexia nervosa and bulimia: the development of deviant identities-the social construction of deviant identities -- In search of respect: selling crack in El Barrio-an ethnographic study of drug dealing in the inner city -- Black wealth/white wealth: a new prespective on racial inequality-a sociology of wealth and racial inequality -- Positive functions of the undeserving poor: uses of the underclass in America-a functionalist analysis of poverty -- Making ends meet: how single mothers survive on a welfare check-the economic struggles of mothers on welfare -- The racial construction of Asian American women and men-an examination of racist and sexist images in U.S. culture -- Money talk: corporate PACs and political influence-an application of mills' power elite -- When work disappears: the world of the new uraban poor-current analysis of inner-city joblessness -- The Anti-abortion movement and the rise of the religious right-a social movement analysis of current religious beliefs -- Speaking of sadness: taking anti-depressant drugs-an interview study of the socialization of medical patients

1. Social institutions
2. Socialization
3. Equality
4. Social change
5. Sociology