TY - BOOK AU - Punch,Samantha AU - Harden,Jeni AU - Marsh,Ian AU - Keating,Mike TI - Sociology: making sense of society SN - 9781408269541 (pbk.) : AV - HM585 U1 - 301PUN PY - 2013/// CY - Harlow, England PB - Pearson KW - Sociology KW - Society KW - ukslc KW - Sociology & anthropology KW - thema N1 - Previous edition: Harlow: Longman, 2009; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1.Introduction to the sociological imagination -- 1.Sociological thinking -- 2.Sociological theories -- 3.Sociological research -- Part 2.Introduction to social divisions -- 4.Social stratification and class -- 5.Gender -- 6.\'Race\', ethnicity and nationalism -- 7.Age -- 8.Disability -- 8.Global divisions -- 9.Global divisions -- Part 3.Introduction to understanding social life -- 10.Environment -- 11.Families and relationships -- 12.Work -- 13.Health, illness and the body -- 14.Crime and punishment -- Part 4.Introduction to knowlege and power -- 15.Education -- 16.Religion -- 17.The mass media; Also issued online N2 - Building upon the success of previous editions, this fourth edition of 'Sociology' lays the foundations for a theoretically and methodologically robust understanding of the subject area. Key topics are examined in an accessible and rigorous manner, encouraging reflection within a wide social, cultural and historical context ER -