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The 36th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology (IIS) was a true milestone in the history of IIS, for it heralded many firsts: the first World Congress to be held on the Asian Continent, the first to be held in China, and the largest attendance by far of any of the organization’s World Congresses.
This book is a compendium of 18 papers presented by plenary speakers from 10 different nations. It addresses sweeping issues related to the age of globalization and social change, including cultural diversities, migration and equality, social transformation, and national identity. Notable is an extraordinary diversity of viewpoints, approaches and opinions.
Social Change in the Age of Globalization should be especially useful for those interested in learning more about social change in the context of globalization, especially in nations whose sociological communities are emerging, such as China and many other Asian nations.
This book is a compendium of 18 papers presented by plenary speakers from 10 different nations. It addresses sweeping issues related to the age of globalization and social change, including cultural diversities, migration and equality, social transformation, and national identity. Notable is an extraordinary diversity of viewpoints, approaches and opinions.
Social Change in the Age of Globalization should be especially useful for those interested in learning more about social change in the context of globalization, especially in nations whose sociological communities are emerging, such as China and many other Asian nations.
Price: $149.00
Pages: 288
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Annals of the International Institute of Sociology
Publication Date:
01 August 2006
ISBN: 9789004151437
Format: Hardcover
Jing Tiankui, Ph.D. in Philosophy, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(CASS) was vice President of the International Institute of Sociology (IIS) from 2001 to 2005, and is currently Director of the Institute of Sociology (CASS). Jing Tiankui’s current projects focus on Social Policy and Social Security in the age of Socialism’s Market Economics in China. Recent publication: The Theory and Practice of Social Justice (2002).
Masamichi Sasaki, Ph.D. in Sociology, Princeton University, Professor of Sociology at Chuo University, Tokyo and Visiting Professor & Director of Educational and Social Survey Research Center at Hyogo Kyoiku University, Japan, was President of the International Institute of Sociology (IIS) from 1997 to 2001. His recent publications include: 'Morality in Contemporary Society’, in The Moral Fabric in Contemporary Societies (Leiden 2003) and (with T. Suzuki) Social Attitudes in Japan: Trend and Cross-National Perspectives (2nd edition, Leiden, 2002). His current research focuses on Globalization and National Identity, and Social Trust.
Li Peilin, Ph.D., Université de Paris 1 (Sorbonne), is Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology (CASS). Li Peilin’s current projects focus on Social Survey Studies in China. Recent publication: Social Conflicts and Class Consciousness (2005).
Masamichi Sasaki, Ph.D. in Sociology, Princeton University, Professor of Sociology at Chuo University, Tokyo and Visiting Professor & Director of Educational and Social Survey Research Center at Hyogo Kyoiku University, Japan, was President of the International Institute of Sociology (IIS) from 1997 to 2001. His recent publications include: 'Morality in Contemporary Society’, in The Moral Fabric in Contemporary Societies (Leiden 2003) and (with T. Suzuki) Social Attitudes in Japan: Trend and Cross-National Perspectives (2nd edition, Leiden, 2002). His current research focuses on Globalization and National Identity, and Social Trust.
Li Peilin, Ph.D., Université de Paris 1 (Sorbonne), is Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology (CASS). Li Peilin’s current projects focus on Social Survey Studies in China. Recent publication: Social Conflicts and Class Consciousness (2005).