Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 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 Local Autonomy -- 2.5 Voluntary Associations -- 2.6 Sociability Networks -- 3. Women -- 3.1 Female Roles -- 3.2 Childbearing -- 3.3 Matrimonial Models -- 3.4 Women's Employment -- 3.5 Reproductive Technologies and Biotechnologies -- 4. Labour Market -- 4.1 Unemployment -- 4.2 Skills and Occupational Levels -- 4.3 Types of Employment -- 4.4 Sectors of the Labour Force -- 4.5 Computerization of Work -- 5. Labour and Management -- 5.1 Work Organization -- 5.2 Personnel Administration -- 5.3 Sizes 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 Conflict -- 7.2 Negotiation -- 7.3 Norms of Conduct -- 7.4 Authority -- 7.5 Public Opinion -- 8. State and Service Institutions -- 8.1 Educational System -- 8.2 Health System -- 8.3 Welfare System -- 8.4 The State -- 9. Mobilizing Institutions -- 9.1 Labour Unions -- 9.2 Religious Institutions -- 9.3 Military Forces -- 9.4 Political Parties -- 9.5 Mass Media -- 10. Institutionalization of Social Forces -- 10.1 Dispute Settlement -- 10.2 Institutionalization of Labour 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 Personal and Family Wealth -- 13. Life style -- 13.1 Market Goods and Services.

13.2 Mass Information -- 13.3 Personal Health and Beauty Practices -- 13.4 Time Use -- 13.5 Daily Mobility -- 13.6 Household Production -- 13.7 Forms of Erotic Expression -- 13.8 Mood-altering Substances -- 14. Leisure -- 14.1 Amount and Use of Free Time -- 14.2 Vacation Patterns -- 14.3 Athletics and Sports -- 14.4 Cultural Activities -- 15. Educational Attainment -- 15.1 General Education -- 15.2 Professional Education -- 15.3 Continuing Education -- 16. Integration and Marginalization -- 16.1 Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities -- 16.2 Crime and Punishment -- 16.3 Emotional Disorders and Self-Destructive Behaviour -- 16.4 Poverty -- 17. Attitudes and Values -- 17.1 Satisfaction -- 17.2 Perception of Social Problems -- 17.3 Orientations to the Future -- 17.4 Values -- 17.5 National Identity.