Introductory sociology / Tony Bilton ... [et. al.]
By: Bilton, Tony
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Contributor(s): Bonnett, Kevin | Sheard, Kenneth | Stanworth, Michelle | Webster, Andrew.
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BookSeries: Comtemporary social theory.Publisher: London : MacMillan Press, 1981Description: xxi, 771 p. ; 21 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0333282051.Subject(s): SociologyDDC classification: 301 | 301 BIL
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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. Key features of the new edition include: a completely new chapter on the media; extended coverage of social divisions to include disability, youth, old age, class, gender and race; and clearer treatment of social theory, incorporating discussion of work by such contemporary theorists as Habermas, Giddens, and Beck.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part I Conceptual Foundations
- Studying Society Today
- Living in Modernity
- Globalization and Modernity
- Part II Social Divisions and Power
- Social Divisions
- The Significance of Social Class
- Gender Relations
- Race and Ethnicity
- Power, Politics and the State
- Part III Dimensions of Modern Social Life
- Family Life
- Education
- Work and Employment
- The Mass Media
- Health, Illness and Medicine
- Crime
- Knowledge, Belief and Religion
- Part IV 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
- Part I Conceptual Foundations
- Studying Society Today
- Living in Modernity
- Globalization and Modernity
- Part II Social Divisions and Power
- Social Divisions
- The Significance of Social Class
- Gender Relations
- Race and Ethnicity
- Power, Politics and the State
- Part III Dimensions of Modern Social Life
- Family Life
- Education
- Work and Employment
- The Mass Media
- Health, Illness and Medicine
- Crime
- Knowledge, Belief and Religion
- Part IV 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