Sociology: Making Sense Of Society, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (May 20, 2013) © 2014

  • Samantha Punch University of Stirling
  • Jeni Harden Napier University , University of Edinburgh
  • Ian Marsh Liverpool Hope University
  • Mike Keating Liverpool Hope University
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This essential and authoritative text lays the foundations for a theoretically and methodologically robust understanding of sociology.  Key topics are then examined in an accessible yet rigorous manner, encouraging reflection within a wide social, cultural and historical context.  Topical and fascinating examples from around the world help to contextualise and apply sociological thinking to our own lives.

Table of contents

List of case studies

List of World in focus boxes

Contributors

Preface

Guided tour

How to use this book

Acknowledgements

 

Part 1 Introduction to the sociological imagination

  1. Sociological Thinking
  2. Sociological Theories
  3. Sociological Research

 

Part 2 Introduction to Social Divisions

  1. Social Stratification and Class
  2. Gender
  3. ‘Race’, Ethnicity and Nationalism
  4. Age
  5. Disability
  6. Global Divisions

 

Part 3 Introduction to Understanding Social Life

  1. Environment
  2. Families and Relationships
  3. Work
  4. Health, Illness and the Body
  5. Crime and Punishment

 

Part 4 Introduction to Knowledge and Power

  1. Education
  2. Religion
  3. The Mass Media

 

Glossary

References

Index

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