Worlds of difference
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Worlds of difference
(Sage studies in international sociology, 61)
SAGE, 2013
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
How can differences be understood in social theory through comparisons, and how should social theory relate to regional studies to do so? This question has been prevalent within the sociological field for over a century, but is becoming increasingly important in a globalised age in which cultural borders are constantly challenged and rapidly changing. In this collection, Arjomand and Reis illuminate the importance of exploring spatial, cultural and intellectual differences beyond generalizations, attempting to understand diversity in itself as it takes shape across the world. With contributions from internationally renowned scholars, and a focussed emphasis upon sociological key themes such as modernization, citizenship, human rights, inequality and domination, this title provides a rich and convincing discussion that will add significant value to the ongoing debate about alternative modernities, diversity and change within the social sciences.
Worlds of Difference constitutes an important and timely collection that will be of great inspiration for students and scholars alike.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Worlds of Difference - Said A. Arjomand & Elisa Reis
PART I: ONE OR MANY MODERNITIES?
Chapter 1: Multiple Modernities and the Promise of Comparative Sociology - Said Amir Arjomand
Chapter 2: Are the Theories of Multiple Modernities Eurocentric? The Problem of Colonialism and its Knowledge(s) - Sujata Patel
Chapter 3: The Shores of the Southern Ocean - Steps Toward a World Sociology of Modernity, with Australian Examples - Raewyn Connell
Chapter 4: Conceptualizing Overlapping Modernities - A View from Postcommunist Eastern Europe - Petya Kabakchieva
Chapter 5: Forms of Secularity Before Secularism - The Political Morality of Ashoka and Akbar - Rajeev Bhargava
Chapter 6: Two Types of Secularization - The Iranian Case - Farhad Khosrokhavar
PART II: DEMOCRACY, CITIZENSHIP, INEQUALITIES AND THE CHALLENGE OF DIFFERENCE
Chapter 7: Racial Redress, National Identity & Citizenship in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Adam Habib and Kristina Bentley
Chapter 8: Democracy and the Challenge of Reconciling Equality and Difference - Elisa Reis
Chapter 9: Suffrage without Citizenship? Deliberating About the Boundaries of the Demos in Geneva - Connor Cradden and Lucio Baccaro
Chapter 10: Contemporary Citizenship - Four Types - Bryan S. Turner
Chapter 11: Gradual and Categorical Inequalities - Volker Schmidt
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