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Sociology

Issues and Debates

Editors:

  1. Steve Taylor

    1. London School of Economics and Coventry University, UK

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  • 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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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Steve Taylor
    Pages 1-18

  3. Methodology

    • Ray Pawson
    Pages 19-49

  4. Sociological Theory

    • Alan Swingewood
    Pages 50-72

  5. Power

    • Christine Helliwell, Barry Hindess
    Pages 73-95

  6. Class and Stratification

    • Rosemary Crompton
    Pages 96-115

  7. Gender Relations

    • Mary Maynard
    Pages 116-135

  8. Racism and Ethnicity

    • Robert Miles, Stephen Small
    Pages 136-157

  9. Families, Households and Domestic Life

    • Stevi Jackson
    Pages 158-179

  10. Education

    • Robert G. Burgess, Andrew Parker
    Pages 180-207

  11. Work and Organizations

    • Glenn Morgan
    Pages 208-230

  12. Crime and Deviance

    • David Downes
    Pages 231-252

  13. Health, Illness and Medicine

    • Steve Taylor
    Pages 253-276

  14. Religion

    • Grace Davie
    Pages 277-296

  15. Mass Media

    • Natalie Fenton
    Pages 297-320

  16. Globalization

    • Leslie Sklair
    Pages 321-345

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 346-398
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About this book

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.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • London School of Economics and Coventry University, UK

    Steve Taylor

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About the editor

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).
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sociology

  • Book Subtitle: Issues and Debates

  • Editors: Steve Taylor

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27552-6

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

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

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-67619-6Due: 11 June 1999

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 398

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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