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The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology offers a comprehensive and contemporary look at this evolving field of study. The focus is on political life itself and the chapters, written by a highly-respected and international team of authors, cover the core themes which need to be understood in order to study political life from a sociological perspective, or simply to understand the political world. The two volumes are structured around five key areas: PART 1: TRADITIONS AND PERSPECTIVES PART 2: CORE CONCEPTS PART 03: POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND MOVEMENTS PART 04: TOPICS PART 05: WORLD REGIONS This future-oriented and cross-disciplinary handbook is a landmark text for students and scholars interested in the social investigation of politics.
Minority Rights and Democracy in India
Minority Rights and Democracy in India
In the town of Therwil, with a population of not more than 10,000, in the canton of Basel in Switzerland, a handshake was offered and was declined. Two young boys, brothers aged 14 and 15, refused to shake the hand of their teacher, a woman, on the grounds that it was against their religion to touch a woman who was not a member of their family. Their request for exemption, against a common cultural tradition in Switzerland where the teacher greets each student with a handshake at the start and the close of each class, was accepted by the school authorities. In a gesture of conciliation, ...
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