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Along with the fast growing economy, the term 'BRICs' was coined to represent the newly emerging countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. The enhanced economy in these countries has largely improved people's lives; at the same time, it has also strongly influenced the transformation of social structure, norms and values. This book examines specifically the changes in each society from the perspective of social stratification, with topics covering the main social classes, the inequality of education and income, the different styles of consumption as well as the class consciousness and values

Insbesondere seit 1984 sind zunehmende Polarisierung der Bevölkerungsgruppen und eskalierende Lynchjustiz in Form der sogenannten 'Halskrausen-Methode' zu einer üblichen Form der gesellschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung in der RSA geworden. Versuch einer Analyse der soziologischen Hintergründe dieser Entwicklung: Bedeutung traditioneller Glaubensvorstellungen und Praktiken; das Konzept der sofortigen Bestrafung; die Rolle der Medien und Gerüchte; gruppendynamische Verhaltensweisen; Frustrations- und Agressionsphänomene. Vorherrschend ist das Motiv der Einschüchterung, um die Gesellschaft im Sinne einer revolutionären Strategie unregierbar zu machen. Notwendigkeit weiterer Forschung auf diesem Gebiet. (DÜI-Hlb)

In the research traditions of social and political science two central answers are being sought. The first is, what is the relationship between the specific con-figurations of the proponents of social changes and the particular outcomes of their activity? The other is, which changes in the configuration of the proponents lead to better results than the existing ones relative to th value criteria such as peace, feasible development, or social justice? This makes the reference frame-work of contemporary discussions on institutional shaping of the relations between the state and the society. In this work, the author first mentions three dominant dimensions of social change to which all of us are exposed. Second, by changing perspective, he goes over from a passive to an active approach in order to observe the actors (citizens) and the forms of their activity (civilness) that might challenge th forces of change and transform them into tolerable or even desirable outcomes. And third, he contributes to the discussion about civilness and depicts in bigger detail six fallacies that must be avoided if one wants to attain a competent configuration of activity. (SOI : SOEU: S. 37)