Canadian Society: Global Perspectives
This book comprises of a collection of literary works selected by Timothy McCauley and Janice Hill and is especially targeted to provide scholarly insight and understanding for students taking courses on sociology. Imperatively, the book lays emphasis on sociological points of view that take into account aspects such as diversity, ethnicity, identity, race, gender, family, as well as socialization. In this regard, the authors assimilate these sociological issues in the context of Canada and the manner in which it is linked to international patterns and processes. For instance, the authors delineate that different aspects such as the recent downward spiral of the global economy that impacted regions and nations across the world are a reminder that were are all existent in a global system. An additional example employed by the authors is the Highway of Heroes Living Tribute, which is a tribute to both the mean and women that participated in fighting for Canada in its wars and those who sacrificed their lives in order to obtain freedom.
Diversity in Family Life: Gender, Relationships and Social Change
This book partakes in the exploration of the variations in gender roles, close attachments, parenting,...
A setting for greater option for the manner in which people construct their individuality and chart their life directions gives rise to greater family dynamics. The customary family also referred to as the nuclear family grew with industrialization and modernism. On the other hand, the post-modern family does not have a benchmark structure or necessities. In the book, the scholar makes the argument that in the present day, it is conceivable to live, love, and build a family devoid of sex, devoid of children, devoid of a mutual home, devoid of a partner, devoid of a working husband, and devoid of a heterosexual orientation. Basically, in the contemporary world, there are new kinds of family life that could assist people in moving ahead by eradicating the inflexibilities, standardizations, restrictions and basic unsustainability of modernity. The key foundation of the book takes into account the changes in gender identity options and acceptance, instigating the social forces that have generated new family forms. In this regard, Ruspini asserts that people have greater options in the manner in which they identify themselves, the people that the love, and the…
