Sociology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Sociology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

by SteveBruce (Author)

Synopsis

In this text the author reasserts the value of sociology as a social science, a way of understanding the human condition that grounds its explanations in reliable observations of the real world. Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, work in bureaucracies, and changes in religious and political organizations, Bruce explores the tension between the individual's role in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the value of sociology as a perspective for understanding the modern world.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 04 Mar 1999

ISBN 10: 0192853473
ISBN 13: 9780192853479

Author Bio

Steve Bruce is Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. He is a frequent contributor to the Herald (Scotland), and is the author of Religion in the Modern World, The Edge of the Union: The Ulster Loyalist Political Vision, and Conservative Protestant Politics.