author: anthony giddens

The textbook that teaches students how issues in our global society connect to their own lives.

Organized in ten thematic sections, the book offers a portrait of sociology through its essential concepts, ranging from capitalism, identity and deviance to the digital revolution, environment, postcolonialism and intersectionality.

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Featuring a striking design, helpful pedagogy, and a global perspective, Essentials of Sociology packages the best facets of the Fifth Edition of Introduction to Sociology in a shorter, more flexible edition.

The textbook and readings that teach students how issues in our global society connect to their own lives.

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Sociology' provides an introduction to its field. The book is packed with student-friendly features such as boxes on 'thinking critically', 'using your sociological imagination', 'classic studies' and 'global society.

Concepts are explained as they are introduced with concrete examples. Includes chapter summaries and concept review boxes. Giddens is affiliated with the London School of Economics.

College-level text examines the basic issues of interest to contemporary sociologists.

"The Constitution of Society" is an invaluable reference book for all those concerned with the basic issues in contemporary social theory.

Om den enkeltes rolle i dagens højtekniske, bureaukratiske samfund The author argues that 'high' or 'late' modernity is a post-traditional order characterized by a developed institutional reflexivity.

Together the two books provide an engaging and thorough introduction to the full scope of sociology - a comprehensive resource for all students.

In this book Anthony Giddens addresses a range of issues concerning current developments in social theory, relating them to the prospects for sociology in the closing decades of the twentieth-century.

Concepts are explained as they are introduced with concrete examples. Includes chapter summaries and concept review boxes. Giddens is affiliated with the London School of Economics.

An introduction to the study of sociology that includes information on different sociological theories, the founding fathers of sociology, the ways sociology is studied and practiced around the world, and other related topics.

Concepts are explained as they are introduced with concrete examples. Includes chapter summaries and concept review boxes. Giddens is affiliated with the London School of Economics.

... theoretical. approaches. The early sociologists were united in their desire to ... sociology. Even when sociologists agree on the subject of analysis, they often undertake that analysis from different theoretical perspectives. The three ...

Includes chapter summaries and concept review boxes. Giddens is affiliated with the London School of Economics. Duneier is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and the University of California-Santa Barbara.

In this book Anthony Giddens addresses a range of issues concerning current developments in social theory, relating them to the prospects for sociology in the closing decades of the twentieth century.

Includes chapter summaries and concept review boxes. Giddens is affiliated with the London School of Economics. Duneier is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and the University of California-Santa Barbara.

A strong emphasis has been placed on creating a productive mixture of classic and contemporary readings which is highly readable and lively, yet remains challenging.Together the two books provide an engaging and thorough introduction to the ...

Built upon a series of critical encounters with major figures in classical and present-day social and political thought, this volume offers not only a challenging critique of major traditions of social and political analysis, but unique ...

This is a new and revised edition of a book which has already established itself as a basic text in social theory.