Contents -- Series Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 0 Context -- 0.1 Demographic Trends -- 0.2 Macro-economic Trends -- 0.3 Macro-technological Trends -- 1 Age Groups -- 1.1 Youth -- 1.2 Elders -- 2 Microsocial -- 2.1 Self-identification -- 2.2 Kinship Networks -- 2.3 Community and Neighbourhood Types -- 2.4 Decentralization -- 2.5 Voluntary Associations -- 2.6 Social-Interaction Networks -- 3 Women -- 3.1 Female Roles -- 3.2 Childbearing -- 3.3 Matrimonial Models -- 3.4 Women's Employment -- 3.5 Reproductive Technologies -- 4 Labour Market -- 4.1 Unemployment -- 4.2 Skills and Occupational Levels -- 4.3 Types of Employment -- 4.4 Sectors of Employment -- 4.5 Computerization of Work -- 5 Labour and Management -- 5.1 Work Organization -- 5.2 Personnel Administration -- 5.3 Size and Types of Enterprises -- 6 Social Stratification -- 6.1 Occupational Status -- 6.2 Social Mobility -- 6.3 Economic Inequality -- 6.4 Social Inequality -- 7 Social Relations -- 7.1 Conflicts -- 7.2 Negotiation -- 7.3 Norms of Conduct -- 7.4 Authority -- 7.5 Public Opinion -- 8 State Institutions -- 8.1 Educational System -- 8.2 Health System -- 8.3 Social Welfare -- 8.4 The State -- 9 Mobilizing Institutions -- 9.1 Labour Unions -- 9.2 Religious Institutions -- 9.3 Armed Forces -- 9.4 Public Associations and Political Parties -- 9.5 Mass Media -- 10 Institutionalization of Social Forces -- 10.1 Dispute Settlement -- 10.2 Trade Unions -- 10.3 Social Movements -- 10.4 Interest Groups -- 11 Ideologies -- 11.1 Political Differentiation -- 11.2 Confidence in Institutions -- 11.3 Economic Orientations -- 11.4 Radicalism -- 11.5 Religious Beliefs -- 12 Household Resources -- 12.1 Personal and Family Income -- 12.2 Informal Economy -- 12.3 Wealth -- 13 Lifestyle -- 13.1 Consumer Market -- 13.2 Consumption of Mass Information.

13.3 Health and Beauty Care -- 13.4 Time Use -- 13.5 Daily Mobility -- 13.6 Housework -- 13.7 Forms of Erotic Expression -- 13.8 Consumption of Psychotropic Substances -- 14 Leisure -- 14.1 Amount and Use of Free Time -- 14.2 Vacations -- 14.3 Athletics and Sports -- 14.4 Cultural Activities -- 15 Educational Attainment -- 15.1 Basic Education -- 15.2 Vocational Training -- 15.3 Continuing Education -- 16 Integration and Marginalization -- 16.1 Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities -- 16.2 Crime -- 16.3 Emotional Disorders -- 16.4 Poverty -- 17 Attitudes and Values -- 17.1 Satisfaction -- 17.2 Perception of Social Problems -- 17.3 Attitudes Toward the Future -- 17.4 Values -- 17.5 National Identification -- References.