"As both the societies and the world in which we live face increasingly rapid and turbulent changes

-capitalist societies and the challenges of globalisation (including theories of imperialism)"--The publisher.

course of nine chapters, authors give detailed accounts of the lives of children in a range of societies

cultures / Joseph A. Cannataci -- The sociology of secrecy and of secret societies / Georg Simmel -- The

developed and how or if they differ from secular justifications of violence. Can liberal societies tolerate

and the Indian Ocean world -- The Lake Plateau of East Africa -- Societies and states of the West

.Similarities and Differences in Relation-Specific Social Resources Among Three Societies: Taiwan, China and the

capitalist economies and societies. Rolf Sternberg and Gerhard Krauss provide an expert introduction to the

progress, fairer societies and environmental sustainability can be compatible objectives, but only when

societies: rights, participation and representation, inclusion, equality, and power. Liberal democracies

the early San hunter-gatherer societies. The arrival of British imperial rule in 1890 impacted the

and social representations Glynis M. Breakwell; 7. Identity processes in culturally diverse societies