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We are living in a turbulent world marked by fast, continuous social changes that affect the lives of individuals, families, communities, organizations, businesses, nation-states, and international networks. This fundamentally commits contemporary sociology to being a science of change.
This collection effectively mirrors this diversity and variety of transformations underway in today's societies and transnational spaces. Written by a group of internationally renowned sociologists, it offers a cutting edge understanding of what is happening in our life worlds, work lives and frames of social existence. Bringing up issues such as political turbulence, cultural and artistic dynamics, family changes, gender roles, migration flows and social movements, it is a timely contribution that discusses transformation and globalization and their consequences on diverse platforms.
Illuminating and comprehensive, this book will be of immense use for sociology students on all levels, as well as lecturers, researchers and others who are interested in social life and the consequences of human action.
Transformations in the Multiple Domains of a Turbulent World
Transformations in the Multiple Domains of a Turbulent World
Introduction
Throughout history, the primary concern of many individuals, groups, communities, organizations and societies has been not to transform their social universe, but far more frequently to try to stop, contain or stabilize change, and maintain social order, often within the framework of relationships of power and domination. Prime examples of this are: the rules associated with kinship structures; the continuing struggles to preserve patriarchy; the role of religious authorities in the integration and protection of a system of values, beliefs and rites; the role of the state in the protection of property, and production- and trade-related conditions; and processes to maintain a political order through civic command and obedience relationships. Hence, many actors, networks and communities have tended to activate ...
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