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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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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.
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.
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.
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