an even stronger blend of theoretical, empirical and illustrative material, consolidating the critical and applied approach that is one of the text's most well-liked defining features clearer and more compact treatment of social theory, incorporating discussion of work by such contemporary theorists as Habermas, Giddens and Beck extended coverage of social divisions to include disability, youth and old age as well as class, gender and race
It is carefully structured to cover all the main substantive topics studied at an introductory level within a framework that engages with exciting contemporary debates about modernity, globalisation and social identity.
This welcome new edition builds on the strengths of its predecessor in its thematic coherence, clarity of exposition and analytical depth. Introductory Sociology is one of the most ambitious, scholarly and popular textbooks in its field.