TY - BOOK TI - Introductory sociology SN - 9780333945711 U1 - 301 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan N1 - PART 1 CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS Studying Society Today Living in Modernity Globalization and Modernity PART 2 SOCIAL DIVISIONS AND POWER Social Divisions The Significance of Social Class Gender Relations Race and Ethnicity Power, Politics and the State PART 3 DIMENSIONS OF MODERN SOCIAL LIFE Family Life Education Work and Employment The Mass Media Health, Illness and Medicine Crime Knowledge, Belief and Religion PART 4 SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND METHOD Principles of Sociological Research Foundations of Social Theory Making Social Life: Theories of Action and Meaning Modernity, Postmodernity and Social Theory ER -