| Description | | - Part of relaunch of Very Short Introductions series
- Completely accessible to the newcomer; avoids 'perspectivitis' of most introductory sociology books
- Steve Bruce is a well-known popularizer of sociology, and has published several books with OUP
| | Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, work in bureaucracies, and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's role in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the value of sociology as a perspective for understanding the modern world. |
Readership: Students and prospective students of sociology; interested general readers.
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The Status of Sociology; 2. Social Constructions; 3. Causes and Consequences; 4. The Modern World; 5. The Imposters; Further Reading
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Steve Bruce, Professor of Sociology, University of Aberdeen
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