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Informationen zum Autor Anthony Giddens is the former director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Life Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge, and a member of the House of Lords, UK. He is a very influential sociologist and social theorist, and his many books include The Third Way and The Consequences of Modernity . Philip W. Sutton is an independent researcher formerly of the University of Leeds and Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Klappentext Revised edition of the author's Essential concepts in sociology, 2017. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction THEME 1: THINKING SOCIOLOGICALLY Digital Revolution Globalization Modernity Postcolonialism Postmodernity Rationalization THEME 2: DOING SOCIOLOGY Ideal Type Qualitative / Quantitative Methods Realism Reflexivity Science Social Constructionism Structure / Agency THEME 3: ENVIRONMENT AND URBANISM Alienation Environment Industrialization Migration Risk Sustainable Development Urbanism THEME 4: STRUCTURES OF SOCIETY Bureaucracy Capitalism Consumerism Division of Labour Education Organization Religion THEME 5: UNEQUAL LIFE CHANCES Class Gender Intersectionality Patriarchy Poverty 'Race' and Ethnicity Social Mobility Status THEME 6: RELATIONSHIPS AND THE LIFE COURSE Community Family Life Course Network Sexuality Socialization THEME 7: INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION Culture Discourse Identity Ideology Interaction Media Public Sphere THEME 8: HEALTH, ILLNESS AND THE BODY Biomedicine Medicalization Sick Role Social Model of Disability Social Self THEME 9: CRIME AND SOCIAL CONTROL Anomie Deviance Labelling Moral Panic Social Control Stigma THEME 10: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Authority Citizenship Civil Society Conflict Democracy Nation State Power Social Movement...
