Sociology in today's world

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Sociology in Today's World explores why sociology is important and relevant to everyday life. It teaches students how to think sociologically, not just what to think, and shows how sociology can help us make sense of our lives.

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Title Statements

Full title :Sociology in today's world / Brian Furze, Pauline Savy, Robert Webb, Sara James, Theresa Petray, Robert J Brym, John Lie.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.
Edition:3rd

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cengage Learning Australia
Place of Publication:South Melbourne, Vic
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:xxii, 558 pages : : illustrations ; : 28 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780170251808, 0170251802
oclc:on1268506649
LC Classification:HM585
Dewey Decimal:301

Part 1: Foundations -- 1. A sociological compass -- 2. How sociologists do research -- Part 2: Basic social processes -- 3. Culture -- 4. Socialisation -- 5. Social interaction -- Part 3: Institutional life -- 6. Work and the economy -- 7. Politics -- 8. Families -- 9. Religion and spirituality -- 10. Education -- 11. The mass media -- 12. Health and medicine -- 13. Leisure and sport -- Part 4: Inequalities -- 14. Class and stratification -- 15. Race and ethnicity -- 16. Sexuality and gender -- 17. Deviance and crime -- 18. Disability, ageing and death -- Part 5: Social change -- 19. Population, urbanisation and rurality -- 20. Social movements and social change -- 21. Globalisation and development -- 22. Environmental sustainability.

Subjects

Sociology Sociology -- Textbooks

Writers

Lie, John, author Brym, Robert J., 1951- author Furze, Brian, 1957- author James, Sara Leanne, author Petray, Theresa, author Savy, Pauline, author Webb, Robert Douglas, author