Edited by: Ian Marsh and Mike Keating
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Year: 2006
(Third Edition) Pages: 804p
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 0-582-82312-9
Book Condition: Used book
The third edition of this respected introductory text to Sociology
continues to approach the discipline in an accessible but rigorous way. A
solid theoretical and methodological introduction is followed by
in-depth coverage of social insitutions and divisions. Brand new
chapters cover the following issues: Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism',
Environment', Disability and the Body', Global Divisions', Families and
Households', Health, Illness and the Body', and Religion'. All other
chapters have been fully revised. Theory is illustrated and applied
through contemporary examples, and students are also provided with
reflective opportunities throughout. The text is highly illustrated in
full colour, with images, tables and empirical data, and students are
encouraged to engage with excerpts of primary readings. Substantial case
studies, 'closer look' boxes and activities afford opportunities for
discussion, extension and seminar work. Sociology: making sense of
society remains essential reading for students of sociology,
criminology, social policy, social work, cultural studies, media
studies, anthropology and other related subjects.
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