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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
Work/Leisure
Work/Leisure
Commonsensically, work and leisure are opposites: leisure is time off work, off school, either at play or at rest. It is in many respects a ‘residual’ category in modern thought and experience, labelling what is left when work time is subtracted from the day (evening), week (weekend), year (holiday) or even ...
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