Individuals and Societies in a Global World

This guide is meant to provide you with potential starting points for your research project this semester. On the left side are some books (mostly electronic; a couple in print) that may get you started; in the center column are databases where you can find scholarly articles on your topic.

NOT PUBLISHED

Subject:

Sociology

Semester and Year:

Fall 2020

Course number:

SOC 240

Instructor:

Ternes, Brock

Books

Sociology of globalization: Cultures, economies, and policies

Capitalism and freedom: The contradictory character of globalisation

Children of a new world: Society, culture, and globalization

Consuming cultures: Globalization and local lives

Global America: The cultural consequences of globalization

Globalization and social exclusion: A transformationalist perspective

Globalization, environmental change, and social history

Globalization, gender, and media: Formations of the sexual and violence in understanding globalization

The Routledge international handbook of globalization studies

Servants of globalization: Migration and domestic work

Understanding the dynamics of global inequality: Social exclusion, power shift, and structural changes

Vulnerability and violence: The impact of globalisation

Very important people: Status and beauty in the global party circuit

Interaction ritual: Essays in face-to-face behavior

By Erving Goffman

Article Databases

Sociological Abstracts

Citations to sociology journals and dissertations covering sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, criminology, economics, education, medicine, community development, communication studies, philosophy, demography, gerontology, political science, religion, and social psychology.

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Global Issues (Gale in Context)

Gale In Context: Global Issues offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, relevant sources for analysis of these issues. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal.

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Sage Journals Online

Communication Studies, Criminology, Computer Science, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Business, Humanities, Science and Technology, and Social Work. Includes Sage Journals Backfiles 1999-2009.

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JSTOR

Archive of selected scholarly journals in anthropology, art, art history, communication studies, criminology, ecology, economics, education, English, film studies, foreign languages and literatures, geography, geology, history, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, public and international affairs, religion, social work, sociology, statistics, theatre, and other humanities and social sciences.

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Public Affairs Information Services (PAIS)

The Public Affairs Information Services database provides information on business, public and international affairs, public and social policies and international relations. PAIS includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world.

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