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Lee Yan Fong Library
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Lee Yan Fong Library |
HM585 G537 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | 00028934 |
"First edition published in 1989 by Polity Press."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is sociology? -- Asking and answering sociological questions -- Theories and perspectives -- Globalization and social change -- The environment -- Cities and urban life -- Work and the economy -- Social interaction and everyday life -- The life course -- Families and intimate relationships -- Health, illness and disability -- Stratification and social class -- Poverty, social exclusion and welfare -- Global inequality -- Gender and sexuality -- Race, ethnicity and migration -- Religion -- The media -- Education -- Crime and deviance -- Politics, government and social movements -- Nations, war and terrorism.
'Sociology' provides an introduction to its field. The book is packed with student-friendly features such as boxes on 'thinking critically', 'using your sociological imagination', 'classic studies' and 'global society'.