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

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxxiii, 596 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780333945711

Subject(s):

Sociology

DDC classification:

301 INT

Contents:

Pt. 1. Introduction: studying modern society. 1. Studying society today. 2. Living in modernity. 3. Globalisation and modernity pt. 2. Social divisions and power. 4. Social divisions. 5. Social class. 6. Gender relations. 7. Race and ethnicity. 8. Power, politics and the state pt. 3. Dimensions of modern social life. 9. Family life. 10. Education. 11. Work and non-work. 12. Mass media. 13. Health, illness and medicine. 14. Crime. 15. Knowledge, religion and belief pt. 4. Sociological theory and method. 16. Principles of sociological research. 17. Classical social theory, feminism and modernity. 18. Making social life: theories of action and meaning. 19. Modernity, postmodernity and social theory

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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Book	Mzumbe University Main Campus Library	Mzumbe University Main Campus Library	301 INT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0058502

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Includes references and index

Pt. 1. Introduction: studying modern society. 1. Studying society today. 2. Living in modernity. 3. Globalisation and modernity
pt. 2. Social divisions and power. 4. Social divisions. 5. Social class. 6. Gender relations. 7. Race and ethnicity. 8. Power, politics and the state
pt. 3. Dimensions of modern social life. 9. Family life. 10. Education. 11. Work and non-work. 12. Mass media. 13. Health, illness and medicine. 14. Crime. 15. Knowledge, religion and belief
pt. 4. Sociological theory and method. 16. Principles of sociological research. 17. Classical social theory, feminism and modernity. 18. Making social life: theories of action and meaning. 19. Modernity, postmodernity and social theory

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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