xxiv, 1094 pages : 25 cm

This updated edition provides an ideal teaching text for first-year university and college courses

Previous ed. by Anthony Giddens and Karen Birdsall. Oxford: Polity, 2001

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. What is sociology? -- 2. Globalization and the changing world -- 3. Asking and answering sociological questions -- 4. Theoretical thinking in sociology -- 5. Social interaction and everyday life -- 6. Socialization, the life-course and ageing -- 7. Families and intimate relationships -- 8. Health, illness and disability -- 9. Stratification and class -- 10. Poverty, social exclusion and welfare -- 11. Global inequality -- 12. Sexuality and gender -- 13. Race, ethnicity and migration -- 14. Religion in modern society -- 15. The media -- 16. Organization and networks -- 17. Education -- 18. Work and economic life -- 19. Crime and deviance -- 20. Politics, government and terrorism -- 21. Cities and urban spaces -- 22. The environment and risk

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