CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL READINGS IN SOCIOLOGY RESOURCE MATERIALS FOR CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION (CAPE) SYLLABUS IN SOCIOLOGY Contributor: Dr. Nasser Mustapha Mr. Bennie Berkeley Ms. Vashti Deochan CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL WESTERN ZONE OFFICE SOCIOLOGY RESOURCE MATERIAL CONTENTS UNIT 1 # TITLE PAGE Preface MODULE 1 SOCIOLOGY‚ CULTURE AND IDENTITY Chapter 1 The Development of Sociology Chapter 2 How
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Political Geography 20 (2001) 139–174 www.elsevier.com/locate/polgeo Culture sits in places: reflections on globalism and subaltern strategies of localization Arturo Escobar Department of Anthropology‚ University of North Carolina‚ Chapel Hill NC‚ USA Abstract The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in the concept of place in anthropology‚ geography‚ and political ecology. “Place” — or‚ more accurately‚ the defense of constructions of place — has also become an important object of
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RUGM_C05.QXD 8/18/08 4:16 PM Page 129 Chapter 5 I NTERNATIONAL CULTURE Contents Objectives of the chapter Introduction 131 Places and people differ. The Japanese tend to be very polite‚ the Australians characteristically blunt. Red means “danger” or “stop” to the British‚ but in Turkey it signifies death and in China‚ good fortune. In France getting into a grande école tends to guarantee good job prospects whereas in Saudi Arabia the wealth and status of your family
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CHAPTER ONE: DEFINING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading Chapter 1 in the textbook‚ the student should be able to: 1. Define public administration within the context of its four frames: a. Political b. Legal c. Managerial d. Occupational 2. Locate public administration within its interdisciplinary context. 3. Define the subject matter that forms the core of public administration. 4. Provide
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Lecture one: What is international business? What is globalisation? Is domestic business immune to the forces of globalisation? What are the causes/factors facilitating the growth of international business? What are the indicators of the growth of IB? How internationally integrated have economies become? Who gains‚ who loses from globalisation Outline 1. Globalisation – nature and factors What is Globalisation? Globalisation refers to the shift towards a more integrated and interdependent
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Positive Psychology (Class lecture notes) Introduction Has grown like a weed over the recent history. its about improving the quality of people’s lives‚ finding happiness. Its the opposite of abnormal psychology‚ we are trying to identify the abnormally good. We can use the same criteria to identify abnormally good. Criteria: 1. Statistical criteria: we measure where someone falls on a distribution of data‚ to then label them for having a mental disorder. We would be looking for people abnormally
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CHAPTER II NATURE AND SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY OBJECTIVES: • Define sociology. • Discuss the development of sociology. • Identify different methods of sociology. • Give the importance of sociology. Lesson 1. Sociology as Science Sociology • What is Sociology? Sociology is the scientific study of society‚ including patterns of social relationships‚ social interaction‚ and culture. The term sociology was first used by Frenchman Auguste Comte in the 1830s when
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CHAPTER 5: MASTER TEST BANK UNDERSTANDING CONSUMER BEHAVIOR Test Item Table by Major Section of the Chapter and Bloom’s Level of Learning Bloom’s Level of Learning (LL) Level 1 Knowledge (Knows Basic Terms & Facts) Major Section of the Chapter Level 2 Comprehension (Understands Concepts & Principles) Level 3 Application (Applies Principles) Chapter Opener: Enlightened Carmakers (pp. 108-109) 1‚ 2 3‚ 4‚ 5 6 Consumer Purchase Decision Process and Experience
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Team Anthro Anthropology Notes Paper I Arava‚ Uday Table of Contents CSE Anthropology Syllabus 5 Paper - I 5 Notes 9 1 Meaning‚Scope and Development of Anthropology 9 2 Relationship with other disciplines 10 2.1 Anthropology(A) and social science 10 2.2 Anthropology and behavioral science 10 3 Main Branches of Anthropology: 11 3.1 Social cultural anthropology 11 3.2 Biological Anthropology 12 3.3 Archaeological anthropology - 13 3.4 Lingusitic Anthropology 14 4 Biological Factors in Human
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Persepolis Marjane Satrapi A Study guide Persepolis was originally published in France where it won several awards and wide acclaim. In 2003‚ the novel was published by Random House in the United States. Persepolis is a graphic novel which tells the story of its author and her childhood in Tehran‚ Iran. The novel details the author’s family life in the context of the 1979 Iranian Revolution‚ the overthrow of the Shah‚ and the resulting Iran-Iraq War. The book is drawn in a stark black and
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