Essential Concepts in Sociology

ISBN-13: 9781509548095 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 248 str.

Philip W. Sutton; Philip W. Sutton

Spis treści

IntroductionTHEME 1: THINKING SOCIOLOGICALLYDigital RevolutionGlobalizationModernityPostcolonialismPostmodernityRationalizationTHEME 2: DOING SOCIOLOGYIdeal TypeQualitative / Quantitative MethodsRealismReflexivityScienceSocial ConstructionismStructure / AgencyTHEME 3: ENVIRONMENT AND URBANISMAlienationEnvironmentIndustrializationMigrationRiskSustainable DevelopmentUrbanismTHEME 4: STRUCTURES OF SOCIETYBureaucracyCapitalismConsumerismDivision of LabourEducationOrganizationReligionTHEME 5: UNEQUAL LIFE CHANCESClassGenderIntersectionalityPatriarchyPoverty'Race' and EthnicitySocial MobilityStatusTHEME 6: RELATIONSHIPS AND THE LIFE COURSECommunityFamilyLife CourseNetworkSexualitySocializationTHEME 7: INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATIONCultureDiscourseIdentityIdeologyInteractionMediaPublic SphereTHEME 8: HEALTH, ILLNESS AND THE BODYBiomedicineMedicalizationSick RoleSocial Model of DisabilitySocial SelfTHEME 9: CRIME AND SOCIAL CONTROLAnomieDevianceLabellingMoral PanicSocial ControlStigmaTHEME 10: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGYAuthorityCitizenshipCivil SocietyConflictDemocracyNation StatePowerSocial Movement

O autorze

Anthony Giddens is the former director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Life Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge, and a member of the House of Lords, UK. He is a very influential sociologist and social theorist, and his many books include The Third Way and The Consequences of Modernity.Philip W. Sutton is an independent researcher formerly of the University of Leeds and Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.