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This book is about contemporary sociological analysis: its discussions, contradictions and controversies. Authors from various backgrounds discuss developments on all continents. The 34 contributions are centered on six themes. The first is multiple modernities, showing us that there is no single road to the modernization of societies. The second theme is globalization, with new concepts like spatialization, world languages and new social movements. In part three, multiculturalism and diaspora movements are viewed as the pivotal factors for change in many societies. The fourth theme is the decline of the accountability of the state, concentrating on the shortcomings of traditional states and the emergence of new resources. In part five, the concept of postmodernity is discussed from the angles of identity, social reality, detachment and legacy. Finally, the sixth part, 'Toward a New Agenda' looks into the future and lets sociology (or rather social knowledge) play a major part in today's society. This volume is a rich collection of practical examples and solid arguments by some of the best sociologists in the world. Also available in paperback (ISBN 9789004128736) .

Multicultural societies --- Social identity --- Sociology

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Multiculturalism --- Minorities --- Multiculturalisme --- Minorités --- Minorities. --- Multiculturalism. --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques. --- Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of B.C. --- British Columbia.

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Multiculturalism --- Minorities --- Multiculturalisme --- Minorités --- Minorities. --- Multiculturalism. --- Periodicals. --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques. --- Périodiques. --- Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of B.C. --- Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of B.C. --- Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of B.C. --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques. --- British Columbia.

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Cultural expertise in the form of expert opinions formulated by social scientists appointed as experts in the legal process is not different from any other kind of expertise in court. In specialised fields of law, such as native land titles in America and in Australia, the appointment of social scientists as experts in court is a consolidated practice. This Special Issue focuses on the contemporary evolution and variation of cultural expertise as an emergent concept providing a conceptual umbrella for a variety of evolving practices, which all include use of the specialised knowledge of social sciences for the resolution of conflicts. It surveys the application of cultural expertise in the legal process with an unprecedented span of fields ranging from criminology and ethnopsychiatry to the recognition of the rights of autochthone minorities including linguistic expertise, and modern reformulation of cultural rights. In this Special Issue, the emphasis is on the development and change of culture-related expert witnessing over recent times, culture-related adjudication, and resolution of disputes, criminal litigation, and other kinds of court and out-of-court procedures. This Special Issue offers descriptions of judicial practices involving experts in local laws and customs and surveys of the most frequent fields of expert witnessing that are related with culture; interrogates who the experts are, their links with local communities, and also with the courts and the state power and politics; how cultural expert witnessing has been received by judges; how cultural expertise has developed across the sister disciplines of history and psychiatry; and eventually, it asks whether academic truth and legal truth are commensurable across time and space.

law and culture --- human rights --- socio-legal studies --- court cases --- multiculturalism --- National Strategy --- judiciary --- Sweden --- indigenous rights --- Roma --- peyote --- FGM/C --- strategic litigation --- legal anthropology --- cultural test --- cross-cultural dispute resolution --- cultural rights --- cultural experts --- immigrants --- psychiatric evaluation --- controlled substances --- applied anthropology --- law and society --- multicultural societies --- Sami --- First Nations --- expert testimony --- cultural defense --- Italian criminal justice system --- culture --- migration --- criminal anthropology --- Italy --- Bondo --- anthropology of law --- cultural expertise --- entheogens --- experts