Sociology

The book investigates different forms of social inequality, cultural diversity and the processes contributing to social change in a thorough and provocative way, while introducing students to the main methods of sociological research and a range of original writing in the discipline. The text includ...

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1. Verfasser: Fulcher, James
Weitere Verfasser: James Fulcher and John Scott
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English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2011
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Zusammenfassung:The book investigates different forms of social inequality, cultural diversity and the processes contributing to social change in a thorough and provocative way, while introducing students to the main methods of sociological research and a range of original writing in the discipline. The text includes major new sections on organised crime and international crime; childhood, ageing and the life course; disability as a social division; and the impact of the Internet and information technologies on social life, to support changes to the first year curriculum. It goes further to introduce a wider range of international comparisons from around the world and provide an increased number of a case examples based on historical and global themes
Beschreibung:xxvi, 910 p.
ill., maps
27 cm
ISBN:0199285004
9780199285006