How do people come to understand themselves? A response to this age-old question involves what has been labeled everyone's "second favorite theory" (Goethals 1986): social comparison. The original formulation of social comparison...

Comparative sociology generally refers to sociological analysis that involves comparison of social processes between nation-states, or across different types of society (for example capitalist and socialist). There are two main approaches to...

WIL ARTS [*] LOEK HALMAN [**] An Introduction THE CONCEPT OF a comparative sociology looks, at least at first glance, very much like a contradictio in terminis. Since, to really understand tile actions, the desires, tile values of groups of...

A Comparative Sociology of World Religions, STEPHEN SHAROT. New York: New York University Press, 2001, 344 pp. $60.00 (cloth), $18.50 (paper). This is an incredibly impressive book. Sharot offers a thoughtful, detailed, synthesized analysis and discussion of important aspects of selected world...

Describes cultural differences between Americans and other nationalities. Encourages Americans to learn a little more about other countries, and their customs.