Sociology / Ken Plummer.

By: Series: BasicsPublication details: London : Routledge, 2021.Edition: Third editionDescription: 288 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780367745240 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23
LOC classification:
  • HM585 .P58 2021
Summary: What is the scope, history and purpose of sociology? How do we cultivate ways of understanding society and 'the social'? What is the state of the world we live in today? How do we analyse suffering and inequalities? What are key methods and tools for researching and thinking about society? How has digitalism reshaped sociology and its method? How might sociology help us understand the changes brought about by COVID-19? Does sociology have values? What is the role of sociology in making a better world? In this thoroughly revised and updated third edition the reader is encouraged to think critically about the structures, meanings, histories and cultures found in the rapidly changing world we live in.
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Previous edition: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is the scope, history and purpose of sociology? How do we cultivate ways of understanding society and 'the social'? What is the state of the world we live in today? How do we analyse suffering and inequalities? What are key methods and tools for researching and thinking about society? How has digitalism reshaped sociology and its method? How might sociology help us understand the changes brought about by COVID-19? Does sociology have values? What is the role of sociology in making a better world? In this thoroughly revised and updated third edition the reader is encouraged to think critically about the structures, meanings, histories and cultures found in the rapidly changing world we live in.

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