Modern Germany: A Volume in the Comparative Societies Series

Kerbo, Harold R,Strasser, Hermann

ISBN 10: 0072928190 / ISBN 13: 9780072928198

Published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sc, 1999

Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # mon0000189422

Synopsis:

One in a series of short books devoted to different countries that offers much-needed cross-cultural and global material to instructors. Used alongside an introductory sociology text or as a supplement in courses on comparative societies, comparative politics, comparative economics, or social stratification, this book brings a rich global perspective into the undergraduate classroom. The opening chapter establishes historical and cultural context, while subsequent chapters focus on the basic institutions, social stratification, social problems and social change. The chapter organization is typical of a standard introductory sociology text making it easy to use in any class. In Modern Germany, the authors seek to help create a deeper understanding of German society and culture for people outside of Germany. Throughout the book, frequent comparisons are utilized, showing the similarities and differences between Germany and other modern societies, particularly the United States.

About the Authors: Harold R. Kerbo is a professor of sociology at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Professor Kerbo is also the founder and Director of the Pacific Rim Group at Cal Poly, an organization which coordinates research and educational programs in Pacific Rim countries. In addition to other teaching experience in Tokyo, Professor Kerbo was a Fulbright Professor during 1988/1989 at Hiroshima University, as well as a visiting professor in the Law Faculty at Hiroshima Shudo University. During 1991, Professor Kerbo was a visiting professor at the University of Duisburg, Germany, and returned to the Dusseldorf area during 1992 and 1993 as a research professor conducting research on employee relations in Japanese corporations located in Germany. In 1990 Professor Kerbo received a Fulbright-Hays grant to study at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, and for several months during 1994 to 1996 directed a research project on employee relations in American and Japanese corporations with operations in Thailand. During 1996 he was also a visiting professor in the MBA Program at the Prince of Songkla University in Thailand. During the winter term of 1999 professor Kerbo was a visiting professor at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. And during the fall term of 1999 he will be a visiting professor at the University of Wales. Professor Kerbo has published five books and numerous articles on the subjects of social stratification, comparative societies, corporate structure, and modern Japan. He is the author of Sociology: Social Structure and Social Conflict (MacMillan, 1989), and along with John A. McKinstry, the author of Who Rules Japan?: The Inner-Circles of Economic and Political Power (Greenwood/Praeger, 1995). Professor Kerbo is creator and general editor of the McGraw-Hill Comparative Societies Series which will include books on 12 countries.

Hermann Strasser has been a Professor of Sociology at the University of Duisburg, Germany, since 1978. He studied economics at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and the Free University of Berlin. He received his doctorate in 1976. As a Fullbright Scholar he continued to study sociology at Fordham University, New York, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Sociology in 1974. He has written numerous articles in scientific and other journals on sociological theory, social stratification, social change, the causes and consequences of long-term unemployment, the career of drugs and drug users, and the problems of multicultural society.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Modern Germany: A Volume in the Comparative ...
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sc
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good