Global Structures, Local Cultures

1. Key Concepts in the Social Sciences SocietyStructureCultureNation and stateGlobalisation2. Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Societies and Cultures The nineteenth centuryThe twentieth century3. Making the World One: Imperialism, Colonialism and the Emergence of Capitalism A brief history of imperialismImperialism and modes of productionFrom trade to the emergence of capitalismThe justification for colonisation: Moral superiority and progressColonial lives4. One World Structure: The Globalisation of CapitalismInternationalism and the European coloniesThe establishment of global governance and global financial institutionsTheoretical responses to global institutions and global poverty5. One World Culture? Nation-states, Imagined Communities and the Question of Culture Nations and statesThe question of global culture6. Global Ethnicities, Local RacismsThe meaning of colourWays of thinking about raceWays of thinking about ethnicityBecoming Banjar: The formation of ethnic identity in South KalimantanEthnicity and the nation state7. Gender and Sexuality, Global and Local The acquisition of gender and sex rolesSituating gender globally: Debates from the WestNature, culture, and women's subordinationGender on the large scaleCase study: Masculinities in Australia8. Religion, Secularisation, and FundamentalismsReligion, magic, and sorcery: Functionalist approachesReligion and rationality: The disenchanting worldSecularisation and anti-secularisation theoriesReligion beyond the West: Bringing globalisation into the pictureConceptualising religion and globalisation9. Global Migration, National Resettlement and Indigenous Peoples Historical population movementsTheorising migrationNational resettlement programsIndigenous peoples10. New Media in a Global World Mobile phones and socioeconomic mobilityThe internet: Freedom and liberation?The Iranian presidential election of 12 June 2009The 'Arab Spring': Facebook and Twitter in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions11. Globalisation, and Resistance, and Social Movements  What are social movements?The occupy movementGlobalisation: The cancer stage of capitalism?Why are global institutions like the World Bank and IMF targets of social protest?Global social movements: The environment