 |  Sociology: The Core, 6/e Michael Hughes,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Carolyn J. Kroehler
James W. Vander Zanden,
The Ohio State University (Emeritus)
Culture and Social Structure
Web Links
Intentional Communities Website
(http://www.ic.org/)
"Intentional Community" is the term used for a wide range of cooperative living arrangements, including such entities as urban housing cooperatives, communes, ecovillages, and cohousing. The Intentional Communities Web site provides information and access to resources for those who are interested in either researching or living in intentional communities. |
| | | Student Life Subcultures
(http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Higher_Education/Student_Life/)
Learn about subcultures by exploring student life. Links connect to a wide variety of Web sites that offer advice and explanations of the norms and values associated with student life. Advice about socialization and norms covers a wide range of behaviors, from the very serious to the seriously recreational. |
| | | World Café Future Culture
(http://www.wcpworld.com/future/culture.htm)
World Café Future Culture is a one-stop resource for finding links to most countries throughout the world. Organized by geographic area, links connect to a wide range of presentations of culture. |
| | | Research: Value of Groups
(http://www.vcu.edu/hasweb/psy/faculty/fors/rgroup.html#group)
Presentation of the paper "Why So Social An Animal? The Utility of Interdependence." This paper provides an overview of group membership, self-esteem, and the function of groups, with links to further explanation of these concepts. |
| | | Peace Corps Culture Matters Workbook
(http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/culturematters/)
This Web site offers a guide to understanding cross-cultural issues and perspectives. Chapters address topics such as styles of communication, social relationships, understanding culture, culture in the workplace, and adjusting to a new culture. The teacher's guide offers suggestions for related activities and support. |
| | | Webster's World of Cultural Policy
(http://www.wwcd.org/policy/policy.html)
Webster's World of Cultural Policy defines itself as an online guide to how social groups make decisions based upon "cultural policy" -- those values and principles that guide any social entity in the realm of cultural affairs. |
| | | American Slanguage
(http://www.slanguage.com/index2.html)
This is a lighthearted guide to slang and language idiosyncrasies throughout the United States. This site also links to an international slanguage site. |
| | | Sara Zupko's Cultural Studies Center
(http://www.popcultures.com)
A wide-ranging guide to popular culture, this site provides links to international references, theorists, papers, conferences, reading lists, and publisher information. Sociological terms used in articles are hyperlinked to definitions. |
| | | The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
(http://www.mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de)
The Max Planck Institute focuses on "the conditions under which modern societies may be able to solve problems through collective action." Current research includes such topics as analyses of multilevel problem solving; science, technology, and innovation; and research methods. |
| | | SocioSite: Networks, Groups, and Social Interaction
(http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/TOPICS/interaction.html)
This site is a collection of links to research centers, researchers, and papers on social networks, groups, group behavior, social interaction, and social psychology. |
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