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Global Structures, Local Cultures 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. New to this edition New chapter 10. New Media in a Global World All material updated with new focus on global governance post the global financial crisis

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Author:   Mary Hawkins
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Australia
Imprint:   OUP Australia and New Zealand
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9780195520163

ISBN 10:   0195520165
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   09 December 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Key Concepts in the Social Sciences SocietyStructureCultureNation and stateGlobalisation2. Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Societies and Cultures The nineteenth centuryThe twentieth century3. Making the World One: Imperialism, Colonialism and the Emergence of Capitalism A brief history of imperialismImperialism and modes of productionFrom trade to the emergence of capitalismThe justification for colonisation: Moral superiority and progressColonial lives4. One World Structure: The Globalisation of CapitalismInternationalism and the European coloniesThe establishment of global governance and global financial institutionsTheoretical responses to global institutions and global poverty5. One World Culture? Nation-states, Imagined Communities and the Question of Culture Nations and statesThe question of global culture6. Global Ethnicities, Local RacismsThe meaning of colourWays of thinking about raceWays of thinking about ethnicityBecoming Banjar: The formation of ethnic identity in South KalimantanEthnicity and the nation state7. Gender and Sexuality, Global and Local The acquisition of gender and sex rolesSituating gender globally: Debates from the WestNature, culture, and women's subordinationGender on the large scaleCase study: Masculinities in Australia8. Religion, Secularisation, and FundamentalismsReligion, magic, and sorcery: Functionalist approachesReligion and rationality: The disenchanting worldSecularisation and anti-secularisation theoriesReligion beyond the West: Bringing globalisation into the pictureConceptualising religion and globalisation9. Global Migration, National Resettlement and Indigenous Peoples Historical population movementsTheorising migrationNational resettlement programsIndigenous peoples10. New Media in a Global World Mobile phones and socioeconomic mobilityThe internet: Freedom and liberation?The Iranian presidential election of 12 June 2009The `Arab Spring': Facebook and Twitter in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions11. Globalisation, and Resistance, and Social Movements What are social movements?The occupy movementGlobalisation: The cancer stage of capitalism?Why are global institutions like the World Bank and IMF targets of social protest?Global social movements: The environment

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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

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