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The second edition retains the book's conceptual organization, aligning to most courses, and has been significantly updated to reflect the latest research and provide examples most relevant to today's students.
In Australia, the Indigenous sociologist Aileen Morton Robinson has demonstrated how the assumption of whiteness shaped the feminist movement and the way it represented women and feminist issues. These scholars have shown that whiteness ...
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Discover the who, what, and where of sociology — wrap your head around the basics of sociology to get a handle on what it is, where it came from, and who practices it Put on your sociology sunglasses — learn how to look at society ...
However, critics of this position, such as British sociologist John Tomlinson, rebut this charge by using the concept of glocalization. Tomlinson acknowledges that McDonald's is a global brand, but points out that it does make ...
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This book contains sixteen essays by sociologists who believe that their discipline faces very serious problems which must be overcome if the discipline is to survive and prosper.
This book introduces a range of interesting social, cultural and political dimensions of digital society and discusses some of the important debates occurring in research and scholarship on these aspects.
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At the Harvard Research Center for Creative Altruism, he developed a blueprint for social reconstruction. This collection includes essays that range from his early Russian years to his final works in the '60s.