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Introductory sociology / Tony Bilton ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1996.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xviii, 683p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780333665114 (pbk.) :
  • 9780333665107 (hbk.) :
  • 0333665112
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 BIL
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 301 BIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 113439

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.

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