A supplemental text that provides a comprehensive sociological description of five contemporary societies chosen for their diversity. Global Society consists of five freestanding chapters that can be used in any order with any standard sociology text. Each chapter describes a different society, using basic sociological terms and concepts that are keyed to the standard topics in introductory sociology. Global Sociology makes it possible for instructors to globalize their introductory course without changing either their textbook or their course outline.

Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies

Politics & Social Sciences

Schneider,Linda

Silverman,Arnold

Social Sciences

Mcgraw-Hill College

Global Sociology is a softcover supplement to any standard sociology text, providing broad and comprehensive sociological description of five diverse contemporary societies with wide geographic distribution. The text is structured so as to parallel the major sections of a standard introductory sociology text. By comparing other societies with their own, students learn about the range of social variation, and they learn what makes their own society distinctive.

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

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.

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.

Sociology

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 San peoples 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.

McGraw=Hill

This authoritative overview of contemporary adoption practices uses composite case studies of 713 adopting families to document changing trends in adoption practice.

Chosen Children: New Patterns of Adoptive Relationships

Parenting & Relationships

Feigelman, William

Adoption

Praeger

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Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies

Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies

Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies

Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies

Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies

Chosen Children: New Patterns of Adoptive Relationships