Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies - Softcover

Schneider,Linda; Silverman,Arnold

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9780072997521: Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072997524 ISBN 13: 9780072997521

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2005

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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, and 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.

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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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