Ways of Social Change: Making Sense Of Modern Times - Couverture souple

Massey, Garth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1412979870 ISBN 13 : 9781412979870

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 2011

Synopsis

This text is accessible and informative, acquainting students with the narratives of contemporary social change and teaching the critical thinking skills needed to make sense of the changing world of the 21st century. The book does not strive to answer the question: why does social change happen? Rather, it examines five forces that are, and will continue to be, major drivers of social change: science and technology, social movements, corporate power, government actions, and war.

Not since the 1960s has there been such a time when students wanted and needed to understand social change. This text takes this desire for social change into the realm of social science where clarification, understanding, inquiry and involvement can help provide for both informed opinions and a path to effective engagement.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Garth Massey (PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington) is Professor Emeritus of International Studies at the University of Wyoming where he was Director of International Studies and Professor of Sociology. He authored Subsistence and Change: Lessons of Agropastoralism in Somalia (Westview) and edits Readings for Sociology (WW Norton). He currently lives in Portland, Oregon. Garth Massey joined the Sociology faculty at the University of Wyoming in 1974. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania (1979-80), the University of Zagreb in Yugoslavia (1986-88), the University of Gödöllö in Hungary (1993-4), Flinders University in Australia (2002), Hebrew University in Israel (2003) and taught in the UW's London Semester (1998). His international experience is reflected in both his teaching and research interests. He was Director of the International Studies Program at the University of Wyoming from 1998 to 2008. International and comparative research have occupied Dr. Massey for the past several years. After teaching and doing research in Tanzania and Somalia, he shifted his research to Yugoslavia and Hungary, and most recently to Israel, working first on issues of rural transformation and more recently ethnic conflict. Dr. Massey worked on problems confronting energy-impacted communities, welfare policies, and the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. His research has been published in specialty journals as well as the American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, and The American Sociological Review. Dr. Masseys courses range from the introductory level to graduate seminars. He has taught a range of social theory courses and in the areas of social change and political economy. His courses included Sociology of Work, Social Inequality, International Development, and Ethnic Conflict.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1412979870
• ISBN 13: 9781412979870
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 447
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible