Sociology: Issues and Debates - Softcover

Steve Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333676203 ISBN 13: 9780333676202

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 1999

Synopsis

Written by a star cast of contributors, this introductory undergraduate text provides students with a rich, stimulating and authoritative account of key debates and issues in sociology today. Carefully structured and edited to take account of the undergraduate student reader's needs, the essays explore sociological understandings of a range of core topics and critically examines what key issues have emerged for debate from past and current research.

An essential guide to its subject, Sociology: Issues and Debates:
· Follows a clear and easy structure covering core topics in the discipline
· States the aims of each chapter for ease of reference
· Lists key words and concepts
· Contains chapter-by-chapter annotated reading lists and a comprehensive glossary

About this title

Review:

'In fourteen substantive chapters, Taylor and his co-authors offer a coherent and accessible account of the 'massive and diverse' enterprise that is contemporary sociology...The expertise in all chapters is evident in the authoritative account of how sociological thought and research in each area has reached its current state as a basis for discussing the indications and prospects for further work...The collection is exemplary. While accessible to lay readers as well as undergraduates, it does not compromise the scale or complexity of the topics addressed.' - The Times Higher Education Supplement

Synopsis:

This introductory undergraduate text offers students an authoritative account of key debates and issues in the discipline of sociology from a range of experts in the field. Carefully structured and edited to take account of the undergraduate student reader's needs, it explores sociological understandings of a range of core topics and critically examines what key issues have emerged for debate from past and current research.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0333676203
• ISBN 13: 9780333676202
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 398
• Editor: Steve Taylor