TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bilton,Tony
TI  - Introductory sociology
SN  - 9780333665114 (pbk.) :
U1  - 301 BIL 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Macmillan
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Sociology & anthropology
KW  - thema
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -