Global Structures, Local Cultures

2. Revised Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-552016-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 192 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

Global Structures, Local Cultures 2e, examines the process of globalisation and its impact on modern society. It is clearly written and logically structured with case studies from around the world that engage and encourage students to think about the historical and contemporary connections between societies and cultures. The major sociological concepts and theoretical frameworks are outlined clearly and positioned contextually alongside fields such as gender, ethnicity, religion, migration, indigenous peoples, tourism, and social movements.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hawkins, Mary

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1. Key Concepts in the Social Sciences

- 2. Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Societies and Cultures

- 3. Making the World One: Imperialism, Colonialism and Emergence of Capitalism

- 4. One World Structure: The Globalisation of Capitalism

- 5. One World culture? Nation-states, Imagined Communities and the Question of Culture

- 6. Global Ethnicities, Local Racisms

- 7. Gender and Sexuality, Global and Local

- 8. Religion, Secularisation and Fundamentalism

- 9. Global Migration, National Resettlement and Indigenous Peoples

- 10. New Media in a Global World

- 11. Globalisation, Resistance and Social Movements

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Hawkins, Associate Professor and Director of Academic Programs (Sociology, Criminology, Peace and Development Studies) for the School of Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Australia