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  • © 1991

Society Today 2

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  1. Patrick McNeill
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Table of contents (69 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Society Today

    1. The Core Curriculum

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 3-5

    2. Creating Disasters

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 6-8

    3. The Moral Society

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 9-11

    4. Theory of Welfare

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 12-14

    5. The Impact of Television

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 15-17

    6. Christmas Rituals

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 18-20

    7. Is Religion Declining?

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 21-23

    8. Understanding Language

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 24-26

    9. The Objectivity of Statistics

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 27-29

    10. Party Politics in Democracy

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 30-32

    11. Strikes and Society

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 33-35

    12. Comic Relief and Aid

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 36-38

    13. Defining the Poor

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 39-41

    14. Teachers and Unions

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 42-44

    15. In and Out of Work

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 45-47

    16. Football Hooliganism

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 48-50

    17. Looking at the Evidence

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 51-53

    18. The Breeding of Abuse

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 54-56

    19. The Sociology of Health

      • Patrick McNeill
      Pages 57-59
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About this book

Society Today 2 is a collection of the popular articles which appear weekly in New Statesman and Society. Aimed at the sociology student as well as at the general reader, each article identifies a contemporary issue or event and discusses it from a sociological standpoint.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Society Today 2

  • Authors: Patrick McNeill

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12065-9

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

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

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1991

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 218

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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