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In this sociology text the contributors provide an introduction to the subject without over-simplifying or `writing-down' to their audience. The book aims to furnish undergraduates with the knowledge that will help them to understand and practice sociology and also to develop a self-perpetuating sociological imagination to enable them to think through new issues and new problems. It consists of a series of specially commissioned chapters around binary or dichotomous themes. Although many sociologists are critical of dichotomous models of sociological theory and research, the device crops up again and again in the history and practice of the subject. Jenks and his colleagues use the dichotomies to situate students in curren
Civil/Political
Civil/Political
What sociologists commonly think of as ‘society’ has frequently been defined in contrast to another realm called the ‘state’. The former is understood as a domain of civil activity – activity that is essentially private and freely chosen – while the latter is conceived as a political realm, concerned with public affairs and formal processes of ...
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