Introductory Sociology

PART 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.

TONY BILTON was formerly Principal Lecturer in Sociology at Anglia Polytechnic University.
KEVIN BONNETT is Professor and Director of the School of Social Sciences and Law, Sheffield Hallam University.
PIP JONES is Principal Lecturer in Sociology at Anglia Polytechnic University.
DAVID SKINNER is Head of Sociology and Politics at Anglia Polytechnic University.
MICHELLE STANWORTH was formerly Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at Anglia Polytechnic University.
TONY LAWSON is Senior Lecturer in Social Science at the University of Leicester.
ANDREW WEBSTER is Professor of Sociology at the University of York.

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