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Comparing Nations and Cultures: Readings in a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective - Softcover

Inkeles, Alex; Sasaki, Masamichi

 
9780132970297: Comparing Nations and Cultures: Readings in a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective

Synopsis

For courses in Comparative Societies or as a supplemental text in Introductory Sociology where a cross-national approach is emphasized.

This collection of readings serves as a broad introduction to comparative research in the social sciences ― stressing mainly work in sociology, but also representing anthropology, political science, and other disciplines. The articles were chosen for readability, but also represent the best work in the field.

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Synopsis

This collection of readings serves as a broad introduction to comparative research in the social sciences - stressing mainly work in sociology, but also representing anthropology, political science, and other disciplines. The articles were chosen for readability, but also represent the best work in the field.

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This book is meant as an introduction to comparative sociology, and as a broad-ranging sampler for readers who may not yet be committed to the comparative approach, or even sociology itself, it stresses as much as possible the intrinsic interest of the subject of an article and its treatment.

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