Social Science Information http://ssi.sagepub.com/ Modernity and diversity: reflections on the controversy between modernization theory and multiple modernists Volker H. Schmidt Social Science Information 2010 49: 511 DOI: 10.1177/0539018410376882 The online version of this article can be found at: http://ssi.sagepub.com/content/49/4/511 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Maison des Sciences de l ’Homme Additional services and information for Social Science
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SOCQUIZ2 In the statement "poverty causes crime‚" the words "poverty" and "crime" are best described as ________ because they are subject to change. variables Mechanical solidarity is to Gemeinschaft as ________ solidarity is to Gesellschaft. organic The notion that the mass media represents the varied interests of many groups would reflect a position consistent with ________ theory. functionalist Matthew is completing his master’s thesis which addresses the culture of outlaw motorcycle
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Prior to 1900’s * Unequal Treaties unfair for China * Qing Dynasty (1644 1912) * 1842: War over trade Britons want to trade Chinese opium for their tea C don’t want opium B and C battle it out C lose disastrously leads to Treaty of Nanjing: B gets Hong Kong starts to take over parts of China * extraterritoriality: citizens of ruling country abide by their own country’s laws * Most Favored Nation status: * 1844: Treaty of Whampoa French open up
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Who is this subcultural group? Where are they from? Describe them. The subcultural group is The Mexican Americans‚ They are from Hidalgo‚ Hidalgo is close to mexico and 15 % of the populations of Hidalgo are Mexicans. Mexicans had a hard time to live in the country because of how judgemental people were towards them. The Mexican had many wars It was hard for the Mexican to make a decision either to stay in texas or to move back to their homeland Mexico. Mexico won their independence with Spain The
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6 SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY Kant also distinguishes three kinds of free- dom: freedom of choice‚ or free will; freedom as self-regulation‚ or autonomy; and freedom as civil liberty. Freedom of choice is a natural property of all human beings‚ and refers to the fact that human conduct is not wholly determined by animal impulses. Autonomy is the capacity of a subject to legislate and abide by ethical impera- tives of his own making. Civil liberty
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SOCIAL Groups and SOCIAL Organizations “No man is an island‚” said John Donne. A person is a sociable being‚ born into a group‚ and living in a social group. Even the so-called loners or the monks of the Middle Ages associated and participated with their fellow monks. Social groups are essential to a person’s existence. One is born into a family‚ is raised up in a family‚ plays in the neighborhood‚ goes to school‚ worship with others‚ and joins work groups and other associations
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Durkheim’s theory of anomie and Marx’s theory of alienation have had a very strong influence on the sociological understandings of modern life. Critically compare these two concepts. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the two concepts of anomie and alienation and evaluate their merits. The analysis will cover various aspects of modern life under the two theories and seek to establish which provides a more convincing account. In order to critique the concepts against each other‚ it would
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by Bertha Benz[4]and patented in January 1886‚[5] and Gottlieb Daimler and engineer Wilhelm Maybach’s conversion of a stagecoach by the addition of a petrol engine later that year. The Mercedes automobile was first marketed in 1901 by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926‚ following the merger of Karl Benz’s and Gottlieb Daimler’s companies into the Daimler-Benz company.[1][5]Throughout the 1930s‚ Mercedes-Benz produced the 770 model‚ a car that
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Der Roman „Der Steppenwolf“‚ geschrieben von dem damals knapp 50 jährigen Herman Hesse‚ erschein 1927 in Deutschland. Der Roman handelt von einem zutiefst vereinsamten Mann‚ Harry Haller. Dieser lebt mit einer gespaltenen Persönlichkeit‚ zum einem bürgerlich angepasst‚ und zum anderen einsam und impulsiv‚ der „Steppenwolf“. Wie sein Hauptdarsteller‚ Harry Haller‚ erkennt Hesse als Mann im bereits fortgeschrittenen Alter‚ dass er sein Leben seit seiner Jugend nur in eine Richtung gelebt hat‚ in die
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The Absorption of Javanese In Malay By Instrumental Approach In Malaysia INTRODUCTION Javanese is not Malay like typical Malaysian understands. Even though the biological looks are the same‚ they actually belong to different group of ethnic. The essay is trying to describe the way Javanese people survived according to instrumentalist approach by Max Weber. This essay will rejects the ideas of Primordial ties to determined ethnicity of the Javanese people in Malaysia. There are three push factors
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