Global sociology : introducing five contemporary societies 6th ed.

Author

• Schneider, Linda

Additional Author(s)

• Silverman, Arnold

Publisher

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013

Language

English

ISBN

9780078026706

Series

Subject(s)

• SOCIOLOGY
• SOCIOLOGY-CROSS CULTURAL STUDIES

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 289-293. Index: p. 294-306

Abstract

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.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xxiv, 306 p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

1. Japan : the importance of belonging --
Japan's history --
Great opening to China --
The Meiji Restoration : the first opening to the West --
The postwar social system --
Globalization and crisis in the 21st century --
Japanese culture --
Value of belonging --
Values and norms --
Group harmony --
Values of loyalty, duty, and self-sacrifice --
Achievement --
Respect --
Religion and Japanese culture --
Group life --
Socialization --
Process of socialization : explicit instruction --
Roles models aid socialization --
Ceremonies support socialization --
Defining the situation --
Socialization in the school --
Socialization in the workplace --
Deviance in a demanding society --
Low levels of deviance --
Control theory --
Labeling theory --
Strain theory and rising rates of deviance --
Gender roles : deviance and rebellion --
Social inequality in Japan : class, status, and power --
Class inequality in Japan --
Status inequality in Japan : minority groups --
Power and democracy --
Demographic change --
Japan's future : crisis and continuity --
2. Mexico : conflict and cooperation --
Introduction --
History of conflict --
The pre-Columbian period (c. 300BC-AD1519) --
The Colonial period (1519-1810) --
The Modern period (1810-present) --
Mexican culture --
Catholicism in Mexican culture --
Culture of opposites --
Social structure and group life --
Social networks in Mexican society --
Social groups in Mexican society : the household --
Social institutions --
Mexican social institutions : the family --
Mexican political institutions : order, conflict, democracy --
Conflict and deviance --
Drug trafficking and ineffective social controls --
Feminicidio : the breakdown of social organization --
Kidnapping and social strain --
Social inequality and conflict --
Two Mexicos --
Class inequality in global context --
Class inequality in Mexican society --
3. The San Peoples of Namibia : between subsistence and globalization --
Introduction --
Who are the San? --
The San and prehistory --
History of the San --
Settlers and the San --
The Colonial era in Namibia --
The fate of hunter gatherers --
Anthropologists and the San --
pt. I. Reports on field research : the hunting-gathering life --
Nyae Nyae : 1957 --
How hard is the foraging life? --
Social structure and group life --
The individual --
The family : putting flexibility first --
The band : linking families --
Kinship : elaborating connections --
Roles : focusing on gender --
Social inequality --
Gender inequality --
Deviance and social control --
Deviance and social interaction --
Social exchange and cooperation --
Competition --
Conflict --
Socialization --
Childhood socializations --
Rites of passage to adulthood --
New roles in maturity --
pt. II. The San in modern Namibia --
The liberation struggle --
Independent Namibia --
The San in modern Namibia --
The lucky ones : the Ju/'hoansi of Bushmanland --
Landless San : the Hai//om of Mangetti West --
Farm San : the Ju/'hoansi of Omaheke. 4. Egypt : youth, inequality, and social change --
Introduction --
Egypt's history --
The Pharaonic period --
Greek and Roman empires --
The Arab/Islamic conquest --
Islamic civilization --
European ascendancy --
An independent Egypt --
The 2011 revolution --
Egyptian culture --
Religion in Egyptian culture : beliefs, values, and norms --
Islam and political values --
The value of community in Egyptian culture --
Gender roles in Egyptian culture --
Value of family --
Value of honor --
Value of modesty --
Changing gender roles --
Youth rises up --
The demographic transition --
Youth and cultural change --
The revolution of rising expectations --
Social expectations and inequality in Egypt --
The rich --
The military --
Educated youth --
The middle class --
The lower class --
Social mobility in Egypt --
Egypt's authoritarian government --
Fake democracy --
The security apparatus --
Corruption --
Frustrated expectations for democracy --
After the revolution --
Political power --
Jobs and income --
Hopes for the future --
5. Germany : diversity in a modern nation-state --
Introduction --
German history : borders and peoples --
Changing borders : what is Germany? --
Changing population : who is German? --
The rise of nationalism in Germany --
German culture --
Order --
Obedience --
Seriousness --
Modern German values --
Conflicting values --
Minority groups in Germany --
German Jews : the original German minority group --
Aussiedler : the nonminority group --
Immigrants and asylum seekers : new minority groups --
Deviance and diversity --
Criminal deviance --
Defining deviance --
Political deviance --
Inequality and diversity --
Trends in inequality --
Behind the trends --
Shrinking opportunities for upward mobility --
Demographic change --
Falling population --
Germany in an age of globalization --
The European Union --
Youth and globalization.

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