World Cultures

Quantitative comparisons, including some 120,000 statistics, focus on over 400 of the world's ethnic groups and the impact each has upon such factors as economic development, demographic behavior, and general business policies.

Quantitative comparisons, including some 75,000 statistics, focus on over 230 nations and the impact each has upon such factors as world economic development, demographic behavior, and general business policies.

Quantitative comparisons to be used on a global basis, focusing on over 460 language groups and the impact linguistic groups have upon such factors as economic development, demographic behavior, and general business policies. Some 130,000 statistics are provided.

This work is a study of quantitative comparisons encompassing over 70 religious groups on a transnational level, including factors that affect economic development, demographic behavior, and general business policies. Over 26,000 statistics are presented.

Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue and lose touch with the larger picture. In "Migrations and Cultures", Thomas Sowell shows the persistence of cultural traits in particular racial and ethnic groups and the role these groups' relocations play in redistributing skills, knowledge, and other forms of "human capital".

This collection is the first in-depth study of how television viewers around the world respond to the ever increasing mass of information available from news programs. News of the World describes and interprets the type of news available, the amount of news that viewers consume, and how it is understood in the context of everyday life in the United States, India, Mexico, Italy, Denmark Israel and Belarus.

This work offers a guide to one of the key debates of the 20th century, introducing the main theoretical positions to examine globalization in practice, from the films we watch to the jobs that are available to us and the goods we buy.

All societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. In the West, traditional ways of mourning are disappearing, and though science has had a major impact on views of death, it has taught us little about the way to die or to grieve. Many who come into contact with the dying and the bereaved from other cultures are at a loss to know how to offer appropriate and sensitive support.Death and Bereavement Across Cultures , provides a handbook with which to meet the needs of doctors, nurses, social workers, counsellors and others involved in the care of the dying and bereaved. Written by international authorities in the field, this important text:*describes the rituals and beliefs of major world religions*explains their psychological and historical context*shows how customs change on contact with the West*considers the implications for the futureThis book explores the richness of mourning traditions around the world with the aim of increasing the understanding which we all bring to the issue of death.

This multidisciplinary study is one of the first books to offer a comparison of relationship practices and beliefs in different societies, and to explore how broader values and economic realities may help explain the similarities or differences in personal relationships across cultures. Robin Goodwin discusses different types of relationships - friendship, romance, family, and the workplace - in a variety of cultural and ethnic contexts, and examines the way in which individual personalities, social norms, and larger economic, political, and demographic transitions have interacted to transform personal relationships around the world.