Global sociology : introducing five contemporary societies /
Schneider, Linda,
Global sociology : introducing five contemporary societies / Linda Schneider, Arnold Silverman. - Sixth edition. - xxiv, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
. Japan: the importance of belonging -- . Mexico: conflict and cooperation -- . The San Peoples of Namibia: between subsistence and globalization -- . Egypt: youth, inequality, and social change -- . Germany: diversity in a modern nation-state. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"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 San peoples of Namibia - is organized around basic sociological topics: culture, social structure, 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."--Publisher's description.
0078026709 9780078026706
2011037382
Sociology.
Sociology--Cross-cultural studies
HM585 / .S36 2013
301
Global sociology : introducing five contemporary societies / Linda Schneider, Arnold Silverman. - Sixth edition. - xxiv, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
. Japan: the importance of belonging -- . Mexico: conflict and cooperation -- . The San Peoples of Namibia: between subsistence and globalization -- . Egypt: youth, inequality, and social change -- . Germany: diversity in a modern nation-state. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"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 San peoples of Namibia - is organized around basic sociological topics: culture, social structure, 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."--Publisher's description.
0078026709 9780078026706
2011037382
Sociology.
Sociology--Cross-cultural studies
HM585 / .S36 2013
301