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Introductory sociology / Tony Bilton ... [et al.], with Liz Bradbury, James Stanyer and Paul Stephens.

Contributor(s): Bilton, Tony.
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002Edition: 4th ed.Description: xxxiii, 596 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0333945719 (pbk.).Subject(s): SociologyDDC classification: 301
Contents:
Detailed contents. - List of boxes. - List of tables. - List of charts. - List of figures. - Preface. - Using this book. - Acknowledgements. - 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. - Glossary. - Bibliography. - Copyright acknowledgements. - Author index. - Subject index.

Detailed contents. - List of boxes. - List of tables. - List of charts. - List of figures. - Preface. - Using this book. - Acknowledgements. - 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. - Glossary. - Bibliography. - Copyright acknowledgements. - Author index. - Subject index.

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