Sociology: A Very Short Introduction

Author:   Steve Bruce (Professor of Sociology, University of Aberdeen)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9780198822967


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   27 September 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Steve Bruce (Professor of Sociology, University of Aberdeen)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 11.20cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 17.50cm
Weight:   0.112kg
ISBN:  

9780198822967


ISBN 10:   0198822960
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   27 September 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Introduction 1: The status of sociology 2: Social constructions 3: Causes and consequences 4: The modern world 5: What sociology is not Further reading Index

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Wise, informative, and entertaining. Everyone new to the subject should start here. * Professor Gordon Marshall FBA, The Leverhulme Trust * Steve Bruce is the perfect guide: he knows the field, he knows whats important, and he knows how to tell a story. The result is a rarity: a page-turner about sociology. * David Voas, University College London *


Steve Bruce is the perfect guide: he knows the field, he knows whats important, and he knows how to tell a story. The result is a rarity: a page-turner about sociology. * David Voas, University College London * Wise, informative, and entertaining. Everyone new to the subject should start here. * Professor Gordon Marshall FBA, The Leverhulme Trust *


Wise, informative, and entertaining. Everyone new to the subject should start here. * Professor Gordon Marshall FBA, The Leverhulme Trust *


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Steve Bruce is an internationally renowned sociologist of religion. He taught at The Queen's University, Belfast, from 1978 to 1991 and since 2001 he has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy and in 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Steve Bruce is the author of a number of books, including Secular Beats Spiritual (OUP, 2017), Bryan Wilson's Religion in Secular Society: Fifty Years On (OUP 2016), and Scottish Gods: Religion in Modern Scotland (Edinburgh University Press, 2014).

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