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Religion and the Social Order
Research in Community Sociology
This analysis of community sociology examines African community
issues and patterns of development. Topics covered include:
community problems and collective action; community economic
development; small communities in transition; ghetto formation and
community dynamics; and, heritage and symbolism.
This volume presents research focusing on environmental issues,
local community and global changes resulting from socioeconomic and
political forces in advanced industrialized societies. Some of the
changing perceptions of technology in the environmental movement,
ecological concerns, and policy issues are examined. Case studies
of community problems and community development efforts are
discussed within the context of local-global environmental nexus
and quality of community life.
This series aims to publish research on various dimensions of
communities, with discussions of theoretical and methodological
issues, and empirical research. Special focus will be on
cross-cultural comparative, interdisciplinary and critical studies
on community structure/change problems, policy-planning and related
issues. This volume explores a variety of new communities that have
emerged within recent decades. They are multidimensional and
multilevel constructs that have manifested in a diversity of ways.
Various researchers in this volume focus on myriad kinds of new
communities and different facets of this phenomenon. They devote
considerable attention to the diversity of ways in which these new
communities are constructed and are perceived as such by their
members. Most of these new communities are related to a variety of
contemporary social issues. Consequently, some studies focus on the
problems and policy implications of knowledge about new communities
in both enhancing and retarding individual and community
well-being. The studies in this book demonstrate diversity both in
subject matter and in theoretical perspective. The new communities
included in this book should help us better understand the
micro-foundations of community and could provide some clues about
the macro-level integration of society.
Using original religious-philosophical texts and sociological
research, the author explores the various dimensions of the
Virasaiva religious tradition. His sociological analyses of the
monastic organization and social structure, the family and the
community, the roles of women, and the future of the community
emphasize the intricate relationship between religion and the
social system. This study of a largely unknown religious community
demonstrates how the followers of Virasaivism, known as Lingayats,
have been adapting to the changing milieu in North America while
retaining the religion's core values. Dr. Chekki shows the
interplay between tradition and modernity as the Virasaivas attempt
to maintain a distinct identity while adopting the ways of modern
culture.
This is the 2nd volume in the Communities in Transition Series,
edited by Dan A Chekki.
Volume 1 of Research in Community Sociology focuses on "Community
of the Streets".
Hardbound. At the dawn of the new millennium, we are witnessing
profound changes in myriad communities around the world. The
process of globalization, communication/information technology,
multinational corporation-based economy, cultural homogenization as
well as diversity have tended to transform and restructure
contemporary communities in a variety of new ways. We need to know
not only the emerging structure, but also the intricate dynamics of
communities facing complex problems in a fast changing world.
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