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Sociology.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Polity Press 2017Edition: 8th edition. / Anthony Giddens and Philip W. SuttonDescription: xi, 1130 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780745696683 (pbk.) :
  • 0745696686
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 GID 23
LOC classification:
  • HM586
Other classification:
  • 71.00
  • 301 GID
Contents:
What is sociology? -- Asking and answering sociological questions -- Theories and perspectives -- Globalization and social change -- The environment -- Cities and urban life -- Work and the economy -- Social interaction and everyday life -- The life course -- Families and intimate relationships -- Health, illness and disability -- Stratification and social class -- Poverty, social exclusion and welfare -- Global inequality -- Gender and sexuality -- Race, ethnicity and migration -- Religion -- The media -- Education -- Crime and deviance -- Politics, government and social movements -- Nations, war and terrorism.
Summary: 'Sociology' provides an introduction to its field. The book is packed with student-friendly features such as boxes on 'thinking critically', 'using your sociological imagination', 'classic studies' and 'global society'.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is sociology? -- Asking and answering sociological questions -- Theories and perspectives -- Globalization and social change -- The environment -- Cities and urban life -- Work and the economy -- Social interaction and everyday life -- The life course -- Families and intimate relationships -- Health, illness and disability -- Stratification and social class -- Poverty, social exclusion and welfare -- Global inequality -- Gender and sexuality -- Race, ethnicity and migration -- Religion -- The media -- Education -- Crime and deviance -- Politics, government and social movements -- Nations, war and terrorism.

'Sociology' provides an introduction to its field. The book is packed with student-friendly features such as boxes on 'thinking critically', 'using your sociological imagination', 'classic studies' and 'global society'.

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