Linda Schneider, Arnold Silverman, Schneider Linda

Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An effective supplement to any standard sociology text, this broad and comprehensive sociological description of five diverse contemporary societies with wide geographic distribution Japan, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, and the Bushmen of Namibia is organized around basic sociological topics: culture, social structure, and group life, socialization, deviance, social institutions, social stratification, and social change. Fictional vignettes of individuals in each country help students experience first-person viewpoints on life in five very different societies. By comparing other societies with their own, students read about the range of social variation, learn what makes their own society distinctive, and gain a unique and fascinating vantage point on what sociology offers in a world of rapid social change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 347
• Erscheinungstermin: Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 162mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780072997521
• ISBN-10: 0072997524
• Artikelnr.: 21392615

Autorenporträt

Linda Schneider is Professor of Sociology at SUNY - Nassau Community College. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University. Prof. Schneider has for many years enjoyed teaching Introductory Sociology and has long been involved in activities related to undergraduate instruction. She has published in the ASA journal Teaching Sociology, contributed to panels about teaching at conferences of the Eastern Sociological Society, the Community College Humanities Association, the Community College General Education Association and the American Association of Community Colleges. Prof. Schneider has directed several grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and the National Science Foundation for multidisciplinary and global curriculum development.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Japan: The Importance of Belonging Introduction Japan's History
Japanese Culture Social Structure and Group Life Socialization Deviance in
a Demanding Society Gender Roles: A Focus for Rebellion Social Inequality
in Japan: Class, Status, and Power Social Change and the Future Chapter 2.
Mexico: Nation of Networks Introduction Mexican History Mexican Culture
Social Structure and Group Life Social Institutions Social Inequality
Social Change and Mexico's Poor Chapter 3. The Bushmen of Namibia: Ancient
Culture in a New Nation Introduction History of the Bushmen Part I: Bushman
Culture: A Design for Living Social Structure and Group Life Social
Inequality Deviance and Social Control Socialization Part II: Social Change
and the Future: The Postcolonial Era Chapter 4. Egypt: Faith, Gender, and
Class Introduction Egypt's History Egyptian Culture Deviance and Social
Control Social Inequality in Egypt Social Change and the Future Chapter 5.
Germany: Social Institutions and Social Change in a Modern Western Society
Introduction German History: Central Themes German Culture: Continuity and
Change Social Institutions of the Two Germanys Deviance and Social Control
Social Change and the Future Reunification and Cultural Change