Key concepts in sociology / Peter Braham.

By:

Braham, Peter

Material type: Text

TextSeries: SAGE key conceptsPublication details: London : SAGE, 2013.Description: xiv, 210 pages ; 25 cmISBN:

9781849203043
1849203040
1849203059)
9781849203050

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Genre/Form:

Wörterbuch.

LOC classification:

HM 585 .B73 2013

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Contents:

Alienation ; Anomie -- Bureaucracy -- Capitalism ; Celebrity ; Citizenship ; Class ; Community ; Consumption ; Culture -- Development ; Deviance ; Discourse ; Division of Labour -- Economic Sociology ; Equality ; Everyday Life -- Family ; Feminism -- Gender ; Globalization -- Identity ; Ideology -- Modernity and Postmodernity -- Orientalism -- Positivism ; Public Sociology -- Qualitative and Quantitative Research -- Race ; Rational Choice ; Risk -- Social Exclusion ; Social Justice ; Social Mobility ; Social Movements ; Social Stratification ; Society -- The Body.

Summary: "Sociology consists of a myriad of frequently confusing concepts. Key Concepts in Sociology provides a comprehensive, lively and clearly-written guide to the most important concepts in the subject. It includes both what might be regarded as 'classic' sociological concepts, such as 'class', 'bureaucracy' and 'community', as well as subjects that have become increasingly prominent in recent times, such as 'celebrity', 'risk' and 'the body'."--pub. desc.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	HM 585 .B73 2013 C.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.3	Available	21715
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	HM 585 .B73 2013 C.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.4	Available	21716
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	HM 585 .B73 2013 C.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.5	Available	21717
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	HM 585 .B73 2013 C.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.1	Available	21649
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	HM 585 .B73 2013 C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.2	Available	21647

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-204) and index.

"Sociology consists of a myriad of frequently confusing concepts. Key Concepts in Sociology provides a comprehensive, lively and clearly-written guide to the most important concepts in the subject. It includes both what might be regarded as 'classic' sociological concepts, such as 'class', 'bureaucracy' and 'community', as well as subjects that have become increasingly prominent in recent times, such as 'celebrity', 'risk' and 'the body'."--pub. desc.

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