Global Sociology

The second edition of a ground-breaking text, "Global Sociology, 2nd edition" will be compulsory for introductory sociology courses which take a truly global perspective. Building on the success of the ambitious first edition, the book retains and defends its innovative focus and approach. Extensively updated in the light of the most recent debates about globalization, particularly in the post 9/11 climate, this new edition also includes three wholly new chapters on lifestyle and leisure, global religions, and health, and substantial further pedagogical features. Changes, both in the public and academic sphere, make this new edition highly important to the teaching of sociology today.

ISBN 1403948453   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781403948458 (What's this?)   Pages 576 Publisher Palgrave USA   Published in Gordonsville Imprint Palgrave Macmillan   Previous ISBN 9780333651124 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 25 Jan 2007   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 301   Academic level Undergraduate

Introduction - PART ONE: INTERPRETATIONS - The Making of Global Sociology - Thinking Globally - Modernity and the Evolution of World Society - The Changing World of Work - Nationhood and Nation-States - PART TWO: DIVISIONS - Social Inequalities: Gender, Race and Class - Corporate Power and Social Responsibility - Uneven Development: The Victims - Crime, Drugs and Terrorism: Failures of Global Control - Population and Migration - Health; Lifestyle and the Body - PART THREE: EXPERIENCES - Tourism: Social and Cultural Effects - Consuming Culture - Media and the Information Age - Sport in a Global Age - Global Religion - PART FOUR: DYNAMICS AND CHALLENGES - Urban Life - Global Civil Society - Challenging a Gendered World - Towards a Sustainable Future: The Green Movement - Identities and Belonging - Contested Futures - References - Acknowledgements and Permissions -

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