Exploring Self and Society

ISBN-13: 9780333632239 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 304 str.

Rosamunde Billington; Univer Jenny (Lecturer In Gender And Health Studies Hockey

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Understanding the Social World.- Personal Identity.- Transitions through the Lifecourse.- Sexuality.- Health and Illness.- Doing and Being at Work.- The Wider Context.- Globalisation and Identity.- Acting Human.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

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.