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Sociology Anthony Giddens

Sociology By Anthony Giddens

Sociology by Anthony Giddens


$11.69
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Summary

This edition contains much new material. All the empirical materials have been brought up to date. There are new sections, covering issues ranging from ethnic struggles and changes in class structure through to eating disorders and the expanding impact of information technology.

Sociology Summary

Sociology by Anthony Giddens

Much of the text in this edition is new. All the empirical materials have been brought up to date. There are many new sections, covering issues ranging from ethnic struggles and changes in class structure through to eating disorders and the expanding impact of information technology. Recent developments in social theory are also incorporated. New chapte rs include The Sociology of the Body, Mass Media and Popular Culture and The Sociology of Education. The book is comparative, stressing as it does the essential influcence of globalizing influences upon social life. Numerous student-learning aids are provided, as well as many figures and diagrams. As a result, the book is comprehensive account of the subject. It should be a useful textbook for all beginning students in sociology.

Table of Contents

What is sociology?; types of human society; culture, socialization and the individual; social interaction and everyday life; gender and sexuality; the body - eating, illness and ageing; marriage, the family and personal life; deviance and crime; ethnicity and race; stratification and class structure; modern organizations; work and economic life; government, political power and war; mass media and popular culture; education; religion; cities and the development of modern urbanism; revolutions and social movements; global change and ecological crisis; sociological research methods; sociological theory.

Additional information

GOR001232972
9780745618036
0745618030
Sociology by Anthony Giddens
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Polity Press
19970312
640
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