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"A rich collection of diverse voices, Sociology of Globalization examines the processes of globalization as well as its impact on people around the world. It looks beyond the headlines, stereotypes, and hype and features a balanced selection of classic scholarship and theory, cutting-edge research, and engaging journalism. Key pieces from prominent scholars, journalists, and theorists will resonate with students, stretch the classroom into their daily lives, and give the study of globalization concrete meaning. Each of three sections--culture, economy, and politics--begins with an original introduction from the editor which familiarizes readers with essential themes and concepts and provides necessary context for the readings that follow. Useful resources for further research, including websites, films, and class exercises, are also provided to exemplify and add relevance to major topics. Accessible and expansive, this is the ideal primary reader or supplement for undergraduate courses on the sociology of globalization"--Provided by publisher.

Using the comparative historical method, this book looks at the experience of indigenous peoples, specifically the Native Hawaiians.

AbstractThis paper reviews the literature examining indigenous peoples in the global community. Recent studies tend to focus on one of three themes: definition of indigenousness, relationships with the state, and the role of indigenous peoples in the international governing structure. This paper will examine each of these themes. I begin by exploring definitions of indigenousness, looking at the differing definitions employed by the international governing organizations, indigenous peoples, and the academic literature. In the next section, I explore the relationship between indigenous peoples and the state. The indigenous–state relationship is dominated by the influence of the state. Indigenous groups reject this dominance, seeking freedoms from the state, disputing land rights, and using the weight of morals to motivate the state. However, the state structure itself might enable indigenous groups to attain freedoms and rights. In the final section, I explore discussions of the role of indigenous peoples in the international community.

How do people work together to advance human rights? Do people form groups to prevent human rights from being enforced? Why? In what ways do circumstances matter to the work of individuals collectively working to shape human rights practices? Human society is made of individuals within contexts--tectonic plates not of the earth's crust but of groups and individuals who scrape and shift as we bump along, competing for scarce resources and getting along. These movements, large and small, are the products of actions individuals take in communities, within families and legal structures. These individuals are able to live longer, yet continue to remain vulnerable to dangers arising from the environment, substances, struggles for power, and a failure to understand that in most ways we are the same as our neighbors. Yet it is because we live together in layers of diverse communities that we want our ability to speak to be unhindered by others, use spirituality to help us understand ourselves and others, possess a space and objects that are ours alone, and join with groups that share our values and interests, including circumstances where we do not know who our fellow neighbor is. For this reason sociologists have identified the importance of movements and change in human societies. When we collaborate in groups, individuals can change the contours of their daily lives. Within this book you will find the building blocks for human rights in our communities. To understand why sometimes we enjoy human rights and other times we experience vulnerability and risk, sociologists seek to understand the individual within her context. Bringing together prominent sociologists to grapple with these questions, Movements for Human Rights: Locally and Globally, offers insights into the ways that people move for (and against) human rights.

1. Medical sociology / Susan W. Hinze and Heidi L. Taylor -- 2. Crime, law, and deviance / Joachim J. Savelsberg -- 3. Education / Nathalia E. Jaramillo, Peter McLaren, and Jean J. Ryoo -- 4. Family / Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith -- 5. Organizations, occupations, and work / J. Kenneth Benson -- 6. Political sociology / Thomas Janoski -- 7. Culture / Mark D. Jacobs and Lester R. Kurtz -- 8. Science, knowledge, and technology / Jennifer L. Croissant -- 9. Sociology of law / Christopher N.J. Roberts -- 10. Religion / David V. Brewington -- 11. Economic sociology / Clarence Y.H. Lo.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Sex and Gender -- 2 Aging and the Life Course -- 3 Mental Health and Human Rights -- 4 Racial and Ethnic Minorities -- 5 Asia and Asian America -- 6 Latina/o Sociology -- 7 Children and Youth -- 8 Race, Class, and Gender -- 9 Sexualities -- 10 Animals and Society -- 11 Disability and Society -- Discussion Questions and Additional Resources -- Acronyms -- References -- About the Editors.