Introductory sociology / Tony Bilton ... [et al.].
Material type: TextPublication details: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1996.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xviii, 683p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780333665114 (pbk.) :
- 9780333665107 (hbk.) :
- 0333665112
- 301 BIL
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Previous ed.: 1987.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Introduction: Studying Modern Society. 1.Introduction -- 2.Living in Modernity -- 3.Globalisation and Modernity -- 4.Varieties of Social Theories: A Brief Introduction -- 5.Principles of Sociological Research. Part 2: Social Division and Power. 6.Understanding Social Stratification: Social Class -- 7.The New Dynamics of Class -- 8.Gender Relations -- 9.Race and Ethnicity: Inequalities and Identities -- 10.Power, Politics and the State. Part 3: Dimensions of Contemporary Social Life. 11.Education -- 12.Work and Non-Work -- 13.Health,Illness and Medicine -- 14.Understanding Crime -- 15.Theorising Modern Family Life -- 16.Knowledge, Belief and Religion. Part 4: Theorising Contemporary Society. 17.Sociologists, Modernity and Progress -- 18.Making Social Life: Theories of Action and Meaning -- 19.Making Our Futures: Sociological Knowledge and Social Change.
Suitable for undergraduates and A Level students, this is a completely revised, updated edition of a highly-regarded text. Contemporary in feel, it contains references to debates at the forefront of social theory.