1. Japan : the importance of belonging --
Japan's history --
Great opening to China --
The Meiji Restoration : the first opening to the West --
The postwar social system --
Globalization and crisis in the 21st century --
Japanese culture --
Value of belonging --
Values and norms --
Group harmony --
Values of loyalty, duty, and self-sacrifice --
Achievement --
Respect --
Religion and Japanese culture --
Group life --
Socialization --
Process of socialization : explicit instruction --
Roles models aid socialization --
Ceremonies support socialization --
Defining the situation --
Socialization in the school --
Socialization in the workplace --
Deviance in a demanding society --
Low levels of deviance --
Control theory --
Labeling theory --
Strain theory and rising rates of deviance --
Gender roles : deviance and rebellion --
Social inequality in Japan : class, status, and power --
Class inequality in Japan --
Status inequality in Japan : minority groups --
Power and democracy --
Demographic change --
Japan's future : crisis and continuity --
2. Mexico : conflict and cooperation --
Introduction --
History of conflict --
The pre-Columbian period (c. 300BC-AD1519) --
The Colonial period (1519-1810) --
The Modern period (1810-present) --
Mexican culture --
Catholicism in Mexican culture --
Culture of opposites --
Social structure and group life --
Social networks in Mexican society --
Social groups in Mexican society : the household --
Social institutions --
Mexican social institutions : the family --
Mexican political institutions : order, conflict, democracy --
Conflict and deviance --
Drug trafficking and ineffective social controls --
Feminicidio : the breakdown of social organization --
Kidnapping and social strain --
Social inequality and conflict --
Two Mexicos --
Class inequality in global context --
Class inequality in Mexican society --
3. The San Peoples of Namibia : between subsistence and globalization --
Introduction --
Who are the San? --
The San and prehistory --
History of the San --
Settlers and the San --
The Colonial era in Namibia --
The fate of hunter gatherers --
Anthropologists and the San --
pt. I. Reports on field research : the hunting-gathering life --
Nyae Nyae : 1957 --
How hard is the foraging life? --
Social structure and group life --
The individual --
The family : putting flexibility first --
The band : linking families --
Kinship : elaborating connections --
Roles : focusing on gender --
Social inequality --
Gender inequality --
Deviance and social control --
Deviance and social interaction --
Social exchange and cooperation --
Competition --
Conflict --
Socialization --
Childhood socializations --
Rites of passage to adulthood --
New roles in maturity --
pt. II. The San in modern Namibia --
The liberation struggle --
Independent Namibia --
The San in modern Namibia --
The lucky ones : the Ju/'hoansi of Bushmanland --
Landless San : the Hai//om of Mangetti West --
Farm San : the Ju/'hoansi of Omaheke. 4. Egypt : youth, inequality, and social change --
Introduction --
Egypt's history --
The Pharaonic period --
Greek and Roman empires --
The Arab/Islamic conquest --
Islamic civilization --
European ascendancy --
An independent Egypt --
The 2011 revolution --
Egyptian culture --
Religion in Egyptian culture : beliefs, values, and norms --
Islam and political values --
The value of community in Egyptian culture --
Gender roles in Egyptian culture --
Value of family --
Value of honor --
Value of modesty --
Changing gender roles --
Youth rises up --
The demographic transition --
Youth and cultural change --
The revolution of rising expectations --
Social expectations and inequality in Egypt --
The rich --
The military --
Educated youth --
The middle class --
The lower class --
Social mobility in Egypt --
Egypt's authoritarian government --
Fake democracy --
The security apparatus --
Corruption --
Frustrated expectations for democracy --
After the revolution --
Political power --
Jobs and income --
Hopes for the future --
5. Germany : diversity in a modern nation-state --
Introduction --
German history : borders and peoples --
Changing borders : what is Germany? --
Changing population : who is German? --
The rise of nationalism in Germany --
German culture --
Order --
Obedience --
Seriousness --
Modern German values --
Conflicting values --
Minority groups in Germany --
German Jews : the original German minority group --
Aussiedler : the nonminority group --
Immigrants and asylum seekers : new minority groups --
Deviance and diversity --
Criminal deviance --
Defining deviance --
Political deviance --
Inequality and diversity --
Trends in inequality --
Behind the trends --
Shrinking opportunities for upward mobility --
Demographic change --
Falling population --
Germany in an age of globalization --
The European Union --
Youth and globalization.
| Access no. | Call number | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02149/18 | 301 Sch G | Library - 7th Floor | Available |