Sociology : making sense of societyUpplaga 3

Building upon the success of previous editions, this fully revised third edition of Sociology: Making Sense of Society lays the foundations for a theoretically and methodologically robust understanding of the subject area. Key topics are examined in an accessible and rigorous manner, encouraging reflection within a wide social, cultural and historical context. Topical and relevant examples from across the world stimulate student interest and help apply the analysis. A carefully crafted structure immerses students first in sociological thinking, history, method, and practice before taking them into the main divisions and institutions in society. It also encourages them actively to participate in the understanding of sociology. New to this edition are: brand new chapters on Age and Nationalism, increased view of the UK and European experience within a wider-world view, as reflected in new World in Focus case study feature. New end-of-chapter 'link boxes' show connections across chapters and annotated weblinks encourage further investigation. Islamophobia, migration, masculinities, technology and cyber-culture, manipulation of and by the media, global inequalities, third-world debt and poverty. New website includes multiple-choice questions for student self-test and an Instructor's Manual containing lecturer support material and extra resources. The key Features include: primary excerpts encourage students to engage with original material; sets sociology firmly within a real world and applied context; and in-text features including 'Stop & think', 'Case study' and 'Closer look' boxes invite students to focus on key issues, investigate further and reflect upon their reading. End-of-chapter activities provide projects for discussion and extension of study and debate. Highly illustrated throughout with provocative images and informative diagrams and tables, this text is essential reading for undergraduate and advanced 'A' level sociology courses and of key interest to students across the social sciences.