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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
Continuity/Change
Continuity/Change
How do societies change? Is there a set of principles which govern processes of change in different societies? Do changes in society make sense? Sociologists are continually setting themselves problems about social change – most of them not as abstract as these. When we examine the ...
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