Sociology

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Sociology has established itself as the leading introductory textbook in the field today. It has been acclaimed around the world for its comprehensiveness, lucidity and liveliness. It has now been completely revised in an up-to-date second edition.
The new edition has been thoroughly revised using the very latest available empirical data. In addition, there are a number of completely new sections, many covering topics hardly discussed in other introductory textbooks. Soc/o/ogy contains, for example, extended analyses of the 1 989 revolutions in Eastern Europe and Russia, the upsurge in new forms of nationalism and ethnicity, and the debate over the 'end of history' - as well as covering all the more orthodox areas of sociological work in a lively and stimulating way.
The second edition maintains all the distinctive emphases which gave the first edition its world-wide popularity. It is strongly comparative and accentuates the essential importance of globalizing influences upon... Tovább

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Sociology has established itself as the leading introductory textbook in the field today. It has been acclaimed around the world for its comprehensiveness, lucidity and liveliness. It has now been completely revised in an up-to-date second edition.
The new edition has been thoroughly revised using the very latest available empirical data. In addition, there are a number of completely new sections, many covering topics hardly discussed in other introductory textbooks. Soc/o/ogy contains, for example, extended analyses of the 1 989 revolutions in Eastern Europe and Russia, the upsurge in new forms of nationalism and ethnicity, and the debate over the 'end of history' - as well as covering all the more orthodox areas of sociological work in a lively and stimulating way.
The second edition maintains all the distinctive emphases which gave the first edition its world-wide popularity. It is strongly comparative and accentuates the essential importance of globalizing influences upon social life. In addition, Soc/o/og/contains numerous student learning aids, diagrams and illustrations to catch the interest ofthe reader.
Written by an author of international reputation. Sociology comb'mes originality, liveliness and accuracy in an indispensable textbook for all beginning students of sociology.
Comments on the 1 st edition of Sociology 'the textbook of the nineties' Network
'enormously impressive astonishingly wide-ranging and at the some time extremely readable definitely the textbook to approach the twenty-first century with' William Outhwaite, University of Sussex
'this is a textbook that I should like anyone new to sociology to read we can be grateful for the scholarship, the judgement, the industry and care which have been devoted to it' Theory, Culture and Society
'if you want a broad introduction written by one of the best sociologists alive today, then this is it' New Statesman and Society
'an introductory textbook which is simultaneously sophisticated and a pleasure to read' Martin Albrow, Roehampton Institute
Anthony Giddens is Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of many works including The Consequences of Modernity (1 991), Modernity and Self-Identity {1991) and The Transformation of Intimacy 992).
Cover illustration: John Tandy, Abstract Composition, c.1 930, engraving, originally printed in block on wove paper, 1 52 x 102 mm. Private collection, London, and reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Suzanne Tandy.
Cover design by Richard Boxoll Design Associates Printed in Great Britain
ISBN D-7^St.-lllS-X Vissza