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ISBN: 9781473767225
Category :
Languages : en
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Book Description
SOCIOLOGY
Author: Domestic Democracy
Author: Jennifer FishPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135487677
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Sociology
Author: Paul StewartPublisher:
ISBN: 9781485130338
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Sociology: A comprehensive South African Introduction provides a comprehensive introduction to the sociological theories and themes commonly taught in undergraduate courses
Sociology in South Africa
Author: R. SooryamoorthyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319403257
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive account of the history and current state of South African sociology. Providing a holistic picture of the subject both as it is taught in universities and as a field of research, it reveals the trajectories of a discipline in a challenging socio-political context. With the support of historical and scientometric data, it demonstrates how the changing political situation, from colonialism to apartheid to democracy, has influenced the nature, direction and foci of sociological research in the country. The author shows how, during the apartheid era, sociology was professionally fragmented and divided along language and race lines. It was, however, able to flourish with the advent of democracy in 1994 and has become a unique academic movement. This insightful work will appeal to students and scholars of the social sciences, and all those interested in the history and society of South Africa.
Delivery As Dispossession
Author: Zachary LevensonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197629245
Category : Eviction
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
"This book explains why nearly 30 years after the transition to democracy, the South African government continues to evict squatters from urban land. It argues that housing officials view occupiers as threats to the government's housing delivery program, which, they insist, requires order and state control. New occupations are therefore stigmatized as "disorderly" threats, and government actors represent their removal as a precondition for access to housing. Drawing on a decade of sustained ethnographic fieldwork in two such occupations in Cape Town, this study explains why one was evicted, whereas the other was ultimately tolerated, answering a central question in urban studies: how do governments decide when to evict, and conversely, when to tolerate? These decisions are not made in a vacuum but instead require an analysis that expands what we typically call "the state." This book argues that the state does not simply "see" occupations, as if they were a feature of the natural landscape. Rather, occupiers collectively project themselves to government actors, affecting how they are seen. But residents are not only seen; they also see, which shapes how they organize themselves. When residents see the state as an antagonist, they tend to unify under a single leadership; but when they see it as a potential ally, they often remain atomized as if they were individual customers. The unity in the former case projects an orderly population, less likely to be evicted; but the fragmentation in the latter case projects a disorderly mass, serving to legitimate eviction rulings"--
What is Sociology?
Author: Johann GraaffPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This concise, accessibly written book addresses fundamental sociological questions. What is Sociology? uses a discussion of three major sociological theories - Marxism, functionalism, and symbolic interactionisms - to address major issues in the field. In short, this book introduces its readers to the surprising, demanding, often magical world of sociological enquiry.
Strategies for Student Support During a Global Crisis
Author: Herron, Jeffrey D.Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799870022
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
When a global crisis impacts nearly every industry, education is always one of the most impacted as students and faculty must frantically try to maintain their educational programs throughout uncertain times. Beyond the educational courses themselves being shifted online or to hybrid approaches, there must be a focus on the impact on students as well. With newfound ways of learning, new online environments, and new methods for teaching, students are greatly impacted by the changing face of education. The traditional ways in which students have been served and assisted have changed rapidly, and to make matters even more challenging, students must handle both living in a time of crisis while adapting to swift educational transformations. The dissemination of best practices and maintaining student success during global crises is an area of research that is not only growing in interest but is critical in pandemic times. Strategies for Student Support During a Global Crisis reflects on how educational professionals have worked with students during global crises, how serving and teaching students have been impacted, and the best practices for student success in both online education and hybrid formats. The chapters will include topics such as mentoring models, teaching methods, educational technologies, teacher insights, academic support services, and more. This book is ideal for educational professionals, leaders, school administration, teachers, teacher educators, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the best strategies for supporting students and promoting student success during global crises.
Race for Education
Author: Mark HunterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108480527
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
An examination of families and schools in South Africa, revealing how the marketisation of schooling works to uphold the privilege of whiteness.
Politics and Society in South Africa
Author: Daryl GlaserPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761950172
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Providing a wide-ranging and critical introduction to contemporary South Africa, this book uses an interdisciplinary lens to introduce the student to the main debates, historical context, and issues that have characterized the study of South Africa over the last three decades. Key topics include: the role of colonialism, capitalism and modernity in the formation of the racial order; changes in the South African state; questions of class, race and ehtnicity; black resistance; and the transition to democracy. A number of underlying debates are critically evaluated. For exmple, the contribution of materialist and class-analytic approaches, the application of post-structuralism and theories of modernity, and th
The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology
Author: Kathleen Odell KorgenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107565227
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Whether a student, an instructor, a researcher, or just someone interested in understanding the roots of sociology and our social world, The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology, Volume 1 is for you. This first volume of the Handbook focuses on core areas of sociology, such as theory, methods, culture, socialization, social structure, inequality, diversity, social institutions, social problems, deviant behavior, locality, geography, the environment, and social change. It also explains how sociology developed in different parts of the world, providing readers with a perspective on how sociology became the global discipline it is today. Each essay includes a discussion of how the respective subfield contributes to the overall discipline and to society. Written by some of the most respected scholars, teachers, and public sociologists in the world, the essays are highly readable and authoritative.
