Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies - Couverture souple

Schneider, Linda; Silverman, Arnold

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0073404187 ISBN 13 : 9780073404189

Editeur : McGraw-Hill Professional, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Schneider Linda

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Linda Schneider is Professor of Sociology at SUNY - Nassau Community College. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University. Prof. Schneider has for many years enjoyed teaching Introductory Sociology and has long been involved in activities related to undergraduate instruction. She has published in the ASA journal Teaching Sociology, contributed to panels about teaching at conferences of the Eastern Sociological Society, the Community College Humanities Association, the Community College General Education Association and the American Association of Community Colleges. Prof. Schneider has directed several grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and the National Science Foundation for multidisciplinary and global curriculum development.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0073404187
• ISBN 13: 9780073404189
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 352