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Informationen zum Autor Peter Braham lectured in sociology at the Open University for many years. He made major contributions to a number of Open University courses: Patterns of Inequality; Ethnic Minorities and Community Relations; Mass Communication and Society; An Introduction to Sociology; 'Race', Education and Society; Understanding Modern Societies; Implementing New Technologies; An Introduction to Information Technology; Culture, Media and Identities; Studying Family and Community History: 19th and 20th Centuries; and Sociology and Society. He co-edited Discrimination and Disadvantage in Employment: the Experience of Black Workers [1981]; Media, Knowledge and Power [1986]; Racism and Antiracism [1992]; Political and Economic Forms of Modernity [1992]; Social Differences and Divisions [2002]; Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity and Culture [2003]. His main research interests have been in migration and settlement, child immigration and family reunification, and he has been the UK partner on several international research projects in these areas. Klappentext This is a compact, yet comprehensive, title that clarifies and explains the main concepts within sociology. It is useful both for new students and for students who wants to refresh their memory and come up with new ideas for essay topics. Zusammenfassung This is a compact! yet comprehensive! title that clarifies and explains the main concepts within sociology. It is useful both for new students and for students who wants to refresh their memory and come up with new ideas for essay topics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Peter Braham Alienation Anomie Bureaucracy Capitalism Celebrity Citizenship Class Community Consumption Culture Development Deviance Discourse Division of Labour Economic Sociology Equality Everyday Life Family Feminism Gender Globalization Identity Ideology Modernity and Postmodernity Orientalism Positivism Public Sociology Qualitative and Quantitative Research Race Rational Choice Risk Social Exclusion Social Justice Social Mobility Social Movements Social Stratification Society The Body ...
