Social blueprints : conceptual foundations of sociology / David K. Brown.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: xvi, 267 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780195162264
- 0195162269
- 301 BRO
- HM586 .B76 2004
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 301 BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 124751 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-250) and index.
1.Individuality, society, and identity: cornerstones of sociological reasoning -- 2.Social theories: their interplay and contracdictions -- 3.Culture, structure, and interaction: unraveling the fibers of social life -- 4.Power and authority: in social movements, states, and organizations -- 5.Globalization: conceptualizing twenty-first-century social change.
Sociology is a challenge to think and perhaps even to act differently. 'Social Blueprints' enables readers to imagine the social worlds that envelop us in new and complex ways. The book examines pivotal concepts such as power, culture, interaction, identity, and social structure.