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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.
Challenging Women's Domination and Striving for Equity and the Respect of Difference
Challenging Women's Domination and Striving for Equity and the Respect of Difference
Introduction
The study of women in society has been experiencing dynamic theoretical debates during the past four decades, combined with extensive empirical research informed by various theoretical approaches. In view of the significant changes women in societies have experienced and implemented, it is hardly surprising that social change has been a key focus of the sociological analysis in this field. Central to concerns within the field of women in society have been questions about women's agency, about the importance of developing gendered analyses of all aspects of society, and about the development of theoretical and methodological approaches which are inclusive, respectful of diversity and which critically examine North–South1 power relations as these impinge on our ...
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