Sociology
Issues and Debates
Published on 11. June 1999
Book
Hardback
XVI, 398 pages
978-0-333-67619-6 (ISBN)
Description
Written by a star cast of contributors, this introductory undergraduate text provides students with a rich, stimulating and authoritative account of key debates and issues in sociology today. Carefully structured and edited to take account of the undergraduate student reader's needs, the essays explore sociological understandings of a range of core topics and critically examines what key issues have emerged for debate from past and current research.
An essential guide to its subject, Sociology: Issues and Debates:
· Follows a clear and easy structure covering core topics in the discipline
· States the aims of each chapter for ease of reference
· Lists key words and concepts
· Contains chapter-by-chapter annotated reading lists and a comprehensive glossary
An essential guide to its subject, Sociology: Issues and Debates:
· Follows a clear and easy structure covering core topics in the discipline
· States the aims of each chapter for ease of reference
· Lists key words and concepts
· Contains chapter-by-chapter annotated reading lists and a comprehensive glossary
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'In fourteen substantive chapters, Taylor and his co-authors offer a coherent and accessible account of the 'massive and diverse' enterprise that is contemporary sociology...The expertise in all chapters is evident in the authoritative account of how sociological thought and research in each area has reached its current state as a basis for discussing the indications and prospects for further work...The collection is exemplary. While accessible to lay readers as well as undergraduates, it does not compromise the scale or complexity of the topics addressed.' - The Times Higher Education SupplementMore details
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DR STEVE TAYLOR is based in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics. His publications include Durkheim and the Study of Suicide (Macmillan), Suicide (Addison Wesley Longman) and, with David Field, Sociology of Health and Health Care and Sociological Perspectives of Health, Illness and Health Care (both Blackwell Science).
Content
Sociology: The Individual and Society; S.Taylor.- Methodology; RayPawson.- From Classical to Modern Social Theory;
Alan Swingewood.- Power;
Barry Hindess & Christine Helliwell.- Class and Stratification;
Rosemary Crompton.- Women, Men and Gender Relations;
Mary Maynard.- Race and Ethnicity; Robert Miles & Stephen Small.- Families, Households and Domestic Life;
Stevi Jackson.- Education;
Robert Burgess & Andrew Parker.- Religion;
Grace Davie.- The Mass Media;
Natalie Fenton.- Crime and Deviance;
David Downes.- Health and Illness;
Steve Taylor.- Work and Organisations;
Glenn Morgan.- Globalisation;
Leslie Sklair.