Sociology and anthropology

In recent years, most of the economies of Eastern Asia have been absorbed into global capitalism.

The Attraction of Opposites considers a puzzling phenomenon: Why do societies all over the world organize their social thought and institutions in patterns of opposites?

What have anthropologists taught us about Melanesia--one of anthropology's most important and intensively studied world regions?

Justice, Gender, and Affirmative Action by Susan D.

Colonialism and Culture, edited by Nicholas B.

A fascinating exploration into the world of the Saramaka Maroons of the Suriname rain forest, Co-wives and Calabashes examines the status of women in this polygynous and matrilineal society as reflected in its social structure and in its art.

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Sociology - Relationships and Family, grade: 1,7 (A-), Ruhr-University of Bochum (Sociology), course: Feminist Theory, language: English, abstract: Images of femininity and masculinity are always present in every-day-life.

A fascinating exploration into the world of the Saramaka Maroons of the Suriname rain forest, Co-wives and Calabashes examines the status of women in this polygynous and matrilineal society as reflected in its social structure and in its art.

In this masterful work of family-focused sociology, Lois Benjamin considers the lives of Pennie and Roscoe James and their children, revealing how a large, close-knit African American family with humble origins in a small town of North Carolina is shaped by the contours of its religious and ethical value system.

Double Passage presents, in their own words, the lives and experiences of thirteen men and women from the island of Barbados who emigrated to North America and Britain and then years later returned home.

Diplomas and Thatch Houses examines the people of Pulap, a tiny atoll just north of the Equator in the western Pacific.

Having unfolded in the diverse communities of the diaspora, Jewish experience lends itself almost effortlessly to comparative treatment.

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Sociology - Work, Education, Organisation, grade: 1,7, http://www.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Politik, Majoritäten, Minoritäten, Note: 1,0, Universität Potsdam (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät), Veranstaltung: Einführung in die Soziologische Theorie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In diesem Text wird das philosophische Konzept der Anerkennung unter dem Blickwinkel zweier Theoretiker unter die Lupe genommen, Frantz Fanon und Georg W.

This book departs from stereotypes that often dominate Western discourse about Muslim societies.

In Peace: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, noted mathematician and peace researcher Anatol Rapoport explores the evolution of the idea of peace and explains why it is displacing war as a viable institution.

Double Passage presents, in their own words, the lives and experiences of thirteen men and women from the island of Barbados who emigrated to North America and Britain and then years later returned home.

Colonialism and Culture, edited by Nicholas B.

In The Pigs that Ate the Garden, Peter D.

This book departs from stereotypes that often dominate Western discourse about Muslim societies.

The Ecology of Kalimantan is a comprehensive ecological survey of one of Indonesia's largest and most diverse islands.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Kinder und Jugend, Note: 1,3, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus (Soziale Arbeit), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die zunehmende Digitalisierung bringt neben Vorteilen auch Herausforderungen wie Cybermobbing mit sich, das besonders Kinder und Jugendliche betrifft.

Myron Weiner's study of the relationship between internal migration and ethnic conflict in India is exceptional for two reasons: it focuses on intercultural and interstate migration throughout the nation, rather than on merely local or provincial phenomena, and it examines both the social and the political consequences of India's interethnic migrations.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2025 im Fachbereich Padagogik - Padagogische Soziologie, Note: 1,0, Hochschule Koblenz (ehem.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2025 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Methodologie und Methoden, Note: 2, Universität Wien (Institut für Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Die Bewertung der Qualität von Forschungsdaten mit ausgewählten statistischen Verfahren, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Seminararbeit untersucht die Einflüsse von Interviewerinnen auf die Datenqualität der AUTNES 2013 Studie zur Nationalratswahl in Österreich.

In Constructing Inequality, Raymond C.

In Constructing Inequality, Raymond C.

Essay from the year 2024 in the subject Sociology - Miscellaneous, University of Mannheim, language: English, abstract: The essay explores the impact of digital employee surveillance on productivity and privacy, highlighting its historical evolution and the ethical challenges posed by modern technologies like AI, IoT, and biometrics.

The Attraction of Opposites considers a puzzling phenomenon: Why do societies all over the world organize their social thought and institutions in patterns of opposites?

In The Pigs that Ate the Garden, Peter D.

Disruptive Voices: The Possibilities of Feminist Research charts the beginnings of a creative solution to emerging and hotly contested issues in feminist scholarship and feminist philosophy of science.

In 1859 high grade silver bullion was discovered on the Comstock Lode.

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, grade: 2,3, University of Heidelberg (Sudasien Institut, Abteilung Ethnologie), course: Gender, Gesundheit und Politik in Sudasien, language: English, abstract: Suicide is the intentional destruction of one's own life.

Placing theories of ethnicity and religious pluralism in relation to theories of the state, Rita Smith Kipp in Dissociated Identities situates a particular Indonesian people, the Karo, in the modern world.

Placing theories of ethnicity and religious pluralism in relation to theories of the state, Rita Smith Kipp in Dissociated Identities situates a particular Indonesian people, the Karo, in the modern world.

Patrick Barr-Melej here illuminates modern Chilean history with an unprecedented chronicle and reassessment of the sixties and seventies.

How does one envision the sequel to communist rule in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union?

How does one envision the sequel to communist rule in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union?

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Ethnologie / Volkskunde, Note: 1,0, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Gesellschaftswissenschaften und Philosophie), Veranstaltung: Kultur- und Religionstheorien, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit untersucht die Bedeutung des Klangs aus kultur- und sozialanthropologischer Perspektive.

Listening to the Voices of the Dead is an account of the author's search for the disquieted voices of the dead in the wake of the March 11, 2011, Tohoku Disaster and his attempt to translate those voices for the living.

Listening to the Voices of the Dead is an account of the author's search for the disquieted voices of the dead in the wake of the March 11, 2011, Tohoku Disaster and his attempt to translate those voices for the living.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2022 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1,0, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Macht und Herrschaft, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Hausarbeit untersucht Pierre Bourdieus Konzepte von Macht und Herrschaft am Beispiel von Surfergemeinschaften.

Fallstudie aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Pädagogische Soziologie, Note: 1,7, APOLLON Hochschule der Gesundheitswirtschaft in Bremen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese praxisnahe Dokumentation stellt schulische Migrationsarbeit umfassend dar: Sie umfasst diskriminierungskritische Vorträge für Lehrkräfte, eine interkulturelle Projektwoche für Schüler:innen, Maßnahmen zur Elternarbeit sowie einen Jahresbericht zur Entwicklung des Schulklimas.

Mass Performance: Systems and Citizens examines mass performance systems from the first major festival of the French Revolution through the democratic and socialist movements of the nationalizing nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Europe, to totalitarian communist and socialist regimes in the twentieth century, ending with contemporary North Korea.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2022 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1,1, Evangelische Hochschule Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe (Hochschule), Veranstaltung: Bachelorarbeit, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In meiner Bachelorarbeit habe ich über die Gründe geforscht, weshalb Menschen, die außerhalb heteronormativer Normen leben von Diskriminierung betroffen sind.

Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject Health - Mental Health, grade: 1,3, Fresenius University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf (Wirtschaft und Medien), course: Intercultural Competences, language: English, abstract: This scientific paper presents the different cultural perspectives on mental health, with the cultures compared being Norwegian and Chinese.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Sonstiges, Note: 1,0, Universität Vechta; früher Hochschule Vechta, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit trägt den Titel „Maja Lundes ‚Der Traum von einem Baum‘ als Teil eines naturkulturellen Gedächtnisses?

Seminar paper from the year 2025 in the subject Sociology - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, RWTH Aachen University (Philosophy), language: English, abstract: This paper investigates the extent to which misogynistic communication in digital spaces can be analyzed as a practice of hegemonic masculinity in Connell's sense.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1,3, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn (Politikwissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Nationalstaaten bilden heute ein beinahe unhinterfragtes Fundament der gesellschaftlichen internationalen Organisation.