Sociological Worlds : Comparative and Historical Readings on Society

Cover
 Half Title
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Table of Contents
 PREFACE
 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
 PART I: PREINDUSTRIAL AND PRECAPITALIST ECONOMIES
 1. The Original Affluent Society
 2. Horticulturalists: Economic Behavior in Tribes
 3. Peasants
 4. Trade and Markets in Precapitalist States
 PART II: CAPITALISM, INDUSTRIALISM, AND SOCIALISM
 5. The Rise and Future Demise of the Capitalist World-Economy
 6. Incorporation in the World-System
 7. Protoindustrialization in Europe
 8. The Emergence and Expansion of Industrial Capitalism
 9. Socialist States in the Capitalist World-Economy. 10. The Revolutions of 1989: Socialism, Capitalism, and DemocracyPART III: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT
 11. The Stages of Economic Growth
 12. The Development of Underdevelopment
 13. Three Paths of Upward Mobility Within the Capitalist World-Economy
 14. The Origins and Development of the Northeast Asian Political Economy
 PART IV: STRATIFICATION SYSTEMS
 15. The Evolution of Social Stratification
 16. Social Stratification in Agrarian Societies
 17. Corporate Ownership and Control: The Large Corporation and the Capitalist Class
 18. The Theory of Social Closure. PART V: POLITICAL SYSTEMS19. Poor Man, Rich Man, Big Man, Chief: Political Types in Melanesia and Polynesia
 20. Property Rights and the Evolution of Chiefdoms
 21. The Emergence of Pristine States
 22. The Formation of European States, AD 990-1990
 23. Capitalist Development and Democracy
 24. State Breakdowns in the Early Modern World
 PART VI: RACE AND ETHNICITY
 25. Capitalism and Slavery
 26. A Typology of Race Relations
 27. The Origins of Apartheid in South Africa
 28. The Ethnic Revival in the Modern World
 PART VII: GENDER RELATIONS
 29. The Status of Women in Agrarian Societies. 30. Women and Capitalism: Oppression or Emancipation?31. A General Theory of Gender Stratification
 PART VII: EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
 32. Some Comparative Principles of Educational Stratification
 33. Explaining the Origins and Expansion of Mass Education
 34. Educational Qualificationism and the Late-Development Effect
 PART IX: METHODS OF COMPARATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH
 35. The Distinctiveness of Comparative Social Science
 36. Cross-Cultural Research.