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Bilton, Tony

Introductory sociology / Tony Bilton et al. - 3rd ed - London : Macmillan, 1996. - xviii, 683 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Part-I Introduction: Studying Modern Society
1. Introduction
2. Living in Modernity
3. Globalisation and Modernity
4. Varieties of Social Theories: A Brief Introduction
5. Principles of Sociological Research
Part II: Social Division and power
6. Understanding Social Stratification: Social Class
7. The New Dynamics of Class
8. Gender Relations
9. Race and Ethnicity: Inequalities and Identities
10. Power, Politics and the State
Part III: Dimensions of Contemporary Social Life
11. Education
12. Work and Non-Work
13. Health, Illness and Medicine
14. Understanding Crime
15. Theorising Modern Family Life
16. Knowledge, Belief and Religion
Part IV: Theorising Contemporary Society
17. Sociologists, Modernity and Progress
18. Making Social Life: Theories of Action and Meaning
19. Making Our Futures: Sociological Knowledge and Social Change
Index



ISBN: 9780333665114 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sociology

Dewey Class. No.: 301 BIL