Sociology: The Key ConceptsJohn Scott An essential A-Z guide to the full range of sociological thought, Sociology: The Key Concepts is an important addition to the established and successful Key Concepts series. Fully cross-referenced with an extensive glossary, this accessible text also includes:
Bringing together an international range of highly regarded contributors from the full spectrum of disciplines, this useful reference guide is the ideal resource for those studying or interested in this popular area. |
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actors analysis anomie Anthony Giddens approach argued associated behaviour Bourdieu bureaucracy Cambridge capitalist collective representations concept consumption contemporary context conversation analysis critical cultural defined deviance discourse distinct division of labour domination Durkheim economic elite emotion emphasised Erving Goffman ethnic example feminist forms Foucault function Further reading global globalisation human idea identities ideology important individuals industrial inequality institutions interaction Jürgen Habermas London Marx Marx’s Marxism McDonaldisation means medicalisation Michel Foucault mobility modern modernisation networks norms organisation Oxford particular patriarchy patterns people’s perspective Pierre Bourdieu political Polity Press poverty practices production racial project rational action rationalisation recognised relationships religion role Routledge seen sexuality situations social capital social movements social order social relations social structure social system social theory socialisation society sociologists sociology solidarity studies symbolic interactionism Talcott Parsons theorists traditional University of Essex urban Weber women world system