Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies - Softcover

Schneider, Linda; Silverman, Arnold

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9780073404189: Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies

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ISBN 10: 0073404187 ISBN 13: 9780073404189

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2009

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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, 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. The fifth edition has been fully updated to reflect recent economic and political changes. New and updated data is included in each chapter. Current concerns such as crime, drug trafficking, ethnic diversity, gender, income inequality, political Islam and social change in traditional societies are addressed throughout the book. The impact of and response to global economic changes is a continuing theme in every chapter.

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Fully updated to reflect the latest sociological literature about each society, particularly in areas of rapid change; New topics include family law in Egypt, the Zapatista rebels in Mexico, the impact of the Asian economic crisis on the Japanese economy, Germany in a united Europe, government resettlement policy and the !Kung Bushmen, German immigration policy, and the influence of Islamic fundamentalist groups in Egypt.
In addition to the extensive coverage on deviance found in chapters on Japan, Germany, and the !Kung Bushmen, the second edition has increased discussions of deviance in both the chapter on Mexico and the chapter on Egypt.
Chapter One on Japan has been heavily revised and reorganized to improve flow and readability, and new discussions on changing Japanese values and norms, the status of women, the extent of economic inequality in Japanese society, and attitudes toward the Japanese bureaucracy, have been added to reflect recent scholarship.
This book continues to hold the unique distinction of being the only text of its kind to offer a comparative sociological analysis of five societies in one brief, affordable book.
The second edition retains its valued pedagogical aids including engaging vignettes throughout each chapter, case studies, up-to-date statistical tables, concept summaries, recommended readings, and bibliographies.
Global Sociology is designed for active learning. It encourages students to apply sociological concepts and to create comparisons between societies those in the book and their own society.

About the Author:

Linda Schneider is Professor of Sociology at SUNY-Nassau Community College. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University. Dr. Schneider has published in the ASA journal, Teaching Sociology, contributed to panel discussions at the Eastern Sociological Society, the Community College Humanities Association, the Community College General Education Association, and the American Association of Community Colleges. She has directed several grants from the NEH, the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, and the National Science Foundation for multidisciplinary and global curriculum development.

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