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Pressing questions : explorations in sociology : issue 2 / Kevin McDonald

By: Publication details: Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Longman, 2000Edition: [2nd ed.]Description: vii, 79 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0733906419 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.449301076 MAC
Contents:
Introduction. - Pt. I. Social structures. 1. Class and social polarisation. 2. From fordism to postfordism. - 3. Social inequality - education. 4. Health and society. 5. Gender and work. 6. Falling in love. 7. Deviance and labelling. 8. McDonaldisation. 9. Socialisation and selfhood. 10. Aboriginal and selfhood. 11. The end of childhood? 12. Media societies. - Pt. 2. Social experience. 13. Rural society. 14. Work and identity. 15. Exploring youth culture. 16. Faith and belief. 17. Movements, creativity and change. 18. Embodied subjectivities. 19. Celebrity, sexuality and selfhood. 20. The new marginalisation. 21. Masculinity in crisis? 22. Technology and identity. 23. Heroin crisis. - Glossary. -
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Introduction. - Pt. I. Social structures. 1. Class and social polarisation. 2. From fordism to postfordism. - 3. Social inequality - education. 4. Health and society. 5. Gender and work. 6. Falling in love. 7. Deviance and labelling. 8. McDonaldisation. 9. Socialisation and selfhood. 10. Aboriginal and selfhood. 11. The end of childhood? 12. Media societies. - Pt. 2. Social experience. 13. Rural society. 14. Work and identity. 15. Exploring youth culture. 16. Faith and belief. 17. Movements, creativity and change. 18. Embodied subjectivities. 19. Celebrity, sexuality and selfhood. 20. The new marginalisation. 21. Masculinity in crisis? 22. Technology and identity. 23. Heroin crisis. - Glossary. -

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