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Samantha Punch is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University of Stirling

Jeni Harden is Senior Lecturer in Social Science and Health at University of Edinburgh
Ian Marsh is Principal Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool Hope University

Mike Keating was formerly Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology at Liverpool Hope University



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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      Publisher: Pearson Education
      Publication Date: 5/30/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781408269541, 978-1408269541
      ISBN10: 1408269546
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      Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Samantha Punch is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University of Stirling

      Jeni Harden is Senior Lecturer in Social Science and Health at University of Edinburgh
      Ian Marsh is Principal Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool Hope University

      Mike Keating was formerly Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology at Liverpool Hope University



      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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