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Theories of Social Inequality
Theories of Social Inequality provides an engaging, authoritative, and comprehensive introduction to the way in which theorists view the social construction of inequality. First grounding his discussion in the work of major classical theorists, such as Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim, the author then considers more recent theories and theorists, including those of Ralf Dahrendorf, Gerhard Lenski, Nico Poulantzas, Erik Olin Wright, Frank Parkin, Anthony Giddens, and others. Professor Grabb also links theories of economic inequality to theories of racial and ethnic inequality, and considers the ways in which inequality has been affected by globalization. The connections among economic...
21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook
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The Bahá’í Faith and African American History
This book examines the intersection of African American history with that of the Bahá’í Faith in the United States. Since the turn of the twentieth century, Bahá’ís in America have actively worked to establish interracial harmony within its own ranks and to contribute to social justice in the wider community, becoming in the process one of the country’s most diverse religious bodies. Spanning from the start of the twentieth century to the early twenty-first, the essays in this volume examine aspects of the phenomenon of this religion confronting America’s original sin of racism and the significant roles African Americans came to play in the development of the Bahá’í Faith’s culture, identity, administrative structures, and aspirations.
The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations
Written by over 200 leading experts from over seventy countries, this handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research on volunteering, civic participation and nonprofit membership associations. The first handbook on the subject to be truly multinational and interdisciplinary in its authorship, it represents a major milestone for the discipline. Each chapter follows a rigorous theoretical structure examining definitions, historical background, key analytical issues, usable knowledge, and future trends and required research. The nine parts of the handbook cover the historical and conceptual background of the discipline; special types of volunteeri...
Concise Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology
The Concise Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology presents the current state of knowledge in comparative sociology for students, scholars, and the educated lay public. The major aim of comparative sociological research is to identify similarities and differences among societies, studying variation across both geographical regions and historical periods. This volume is divided into six broad categories: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Comparing Societies, Comparative Historical Sociology, Comparing Institutions and Social Structures, Comparing Social Processes, Comparing Nation States and World Regions, and Biographies of Exemplary Comparative Sociologists. Nearly 60 essays written b...
Introduction to Sociology
Appropriate for one- and two-term introduction to Sociology courses at universities and colleges. This multi-authored text written by Canadian contributors who are experts in their respective areas provides a comprehensive introduction to the field.
Principles of Sociology
A brief version of Lorne Tepperman's and James Curtis' Sociology: Canadian Perspectives, this text introduces students to the study of sociology through an overview of sociological theories and research methods and a discussion of how these are applied to the study of major social processes and institutions. A team of contributors explain key concepts and theories by examining Canadian society within a global context.
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The Politics of the Welfare State
The Politics of the Welfare State provides a thorough, comparative analysis of the welfare states in Canada, Sweden and the US detailing the emergence, growth, and recent unravelling of welfare states as well as the variation among them. Beginning with an overview of major welfare typologies and models and a detailed account of the welfare states in the three nations, the book moves on to cover the central theoretical approaches to welfare state analysis. The text concludes with a discussion of recent developments, which have transpired in the current era of globalization.
