01645nam a2200205Ia 4500008005200000020002000052082001300072100001700085245002700102260003900129300001800168504061600186520046200802650002401264650003201288650003501320700003001355700002601385700002801411200103s      2002     ||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||  a139780333945728  a301bBIL  aBilton, Tony 0aIntroductory sociology  bPalgrave macmillanc1981aNew York  axxxiii, 596p.  aPART 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.  aIntroductory 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.  aLiving in Modernity  aGlobalization and Modernity  aKnowledge, Belief and Religion  aBonnett, KevineCo-author  aJones, PipeCo-author  aLawson, TonyeCo-author