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9780415472067

Sociology: The Basics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415472067

  • ISBN10:

    0415472067

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2010-07-26
  • Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Sociology: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the diverse subject of sociology, examining the patterns, meanings, histories and cultures associated with the rapidly changing world we live in.

Author Biography

Ken Plummer is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK, and is internationally known for his research on sexualities and narrative.

Table of Contents

List of illustrationsp. viii
Social hauntingsp. ix
Preface: welcome to the social mazep. x
In a world I never madep. 1
Thinking the socialp. 18
Teeming social lifep. 43
Standing on the shoulders of giantsp. 72
Cultivating sociological imaginationsp. 96
Engaging the empiricalp. 125
Suffering inequalitiesp. 152
Why sociology?p. 183
Conclusion: The sociological imagination - twenty thesesp. 206
Appendix: Epigrammatic sociology - twenty-five little wisdoms to ponderp. 209
Glossaryp. 212
Websites: A short guidep. 220
Referencesp. 222
Indexp. 234
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