Publication

1996-05-01 - Palgrave Macmillan

Word Count

176,000 words, Guess

Page Count

704 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCHM585 .I58 1996

Description

"The book consists of four sections. Part 1 introduces the reader to the essential principles of the sociological approach, part 2 examines the structures of inequality associated with class, race, gender and politics, part 3 explores other dimensions of social existence such as education, work, crime family, health among others and part 4 provides a full explanation and discussion of sociological theory and attempts to show the direction it is taking today"--Preface.

First Sentence

Social life is a puzzle, and sociologists spend their professional lives trying to make sense of it.

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