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  • © 1998

Exploring Self and Society

Authors:

  1. Rosamund Billington
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  2. Jenny Hockey
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  3. Sheelagh Strawbridge
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  • The only book to take personal experience as its starting point
    Progressive in its coverage of topics, e.g. globalisation , sexuality: popular and appealing to students
    Key concepts defined in Glossary, as well as in text

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey, Sheelagh Strawbridge
    Pages 1-4

  3. Understanding the Social World

    • Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey, Sheelagh Strawbridge
    Pages 5-36

  4. Personal Identity

    • Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey, Sheelagh Strawbridge
    Pages 37-57

  5. Transitions through the Lifecourse

    • Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey, Sheelagh Strawbridge
    Pages 58-84

  6. Sexuality

    • Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey, Sheelagh Strawbridge
    Pages 85-110

  7. Health and Illness

    • Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey, Sheelagh Strawbridge
    Pages 111-138

  8. Doing and Being at Work

    • Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey, Sheelagh Strawbridge
    Pages 139-165

  9. The Wider Context

    • Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey, Sheelagh Strawbridge
    Pages 166-192

  10. Globalisation and Identity

    • Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey, Sheelagh Strawbridge
    Pages 193-215

  11. Acting Human

    • Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey, Sheelagh Strawbridge
    Pages 216-241

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 242-293
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About this book

This text addresses contemporary society in an immediate and thought-provoking manner and will be a timely and topical introduction to the dynamic and critical dimensions of sociology. It adopts a broad social science approach which reflects both the authors' competencies and also the widening and overlaying boundaries of the social sciences. Starting with the problem-oriented agenda of the social sciences, it explores the tensions between structure, agency and process via the idea of a structure-bound and yet creative and participatory self.
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About the authors

ROSAMUND BILLINGTON lectures in Sociology at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside.

JENNY HOCKEY is a Social Anthropologist, lecturing in Gender and Health Studies at the University of Hull.

SHEELAGH STRAWBRIDGE is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist in independent practice.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Exploring Self and Society

  • Authors: Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey, Sheelagh Strawbridge

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26632-6

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Rosamund Billington, Jenny Hockey and Sheelagh Strawbridge 1998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 304

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Family

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