Introductory sociology
By: Bilton, Tony.
Contributor(s): Bonnett, Kevin [Co-author] | Jones, Pip [Co-author] | Lawson, Tony [Co-author].
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TextPublisher: New York Palgrave macmillan 1981Description: xxxiii, 596p.ISBN: 139780333945728.Subject(s): Living in Modernity | Globalization and Modernity | Knowledge, Belief and ReligionDDC classification: 301 Summary: Introductory Sociology is one of the most ambitious, scholarly and popular textbooks in its field. This welcome new edition builds on the strengths of its predecessor in its thematic coherence, clarity of exposition and analytical depth. It is carefully structured to cover all the main substantive topics studied at an introductory level within a framework that engages with exciting contemporary debates about modernity, globalization and social identity.
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PART 1 CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS
Studying Society Today
Living in Modernity
Globalization and Modernity
PART 2 SOCIAL DIVISIONS AND POWER
Social Divisions
The Significance of Social Class
Gender Relations
Race and Ethnicity
Power, Politics and the State
PART 3 DIMENSIONS OF MODERN SOCIAL LIFE
Family Life
Education
Work and Employment
The Mass Media
Health, Illness and Medicine
Crime
Knowledge, Belief and Religion
PART 4 SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND METHOD
Principles of Sociological Research
Foundations of Social Theory
Making Social Life: Theories of Action and Meaning
Modernity, Postmodernity and Social Theory.
Introductory Sociology is one of the most ambitious, scholarly and popular textbooks in its field. This welcome new edition builds on the strengths of its predecessor in its thematic coherence, clarity of exposition and analytical depth. It is carefully structured to cover all the main substantive topics studied at an introductory level within a framework that engages with exciting contemporary debates about modernity, globalization and social identity.
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