Studying Society

What do social scientists do? What contribution can they make to our understanding of human societies? This ambitious introduction to the social sciences also highlights their key characteristics. The authors illustrate the central concepts and methods of social science by analysing specific areas of people's lives: work and unemployment, citizenship, the changing nuclear and extended families, race relations, the nature of friendship and love. Readership: students at universities and polytechnics on foundation courses; sixth formers, or those about to take a social science degree