Sociology Australia

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE: WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY?

1. Sociology in an age of insecurity

2. Reading sociology

3. Making sense of sociology

4. Doing sociology

5. Ethics and sociology

PART TWO: IDENTITY: Being yourself, being Australian

6. Ourselves: Myself, yourself

7. Ourselves in families

8. Being young: Age and identity

9. Sex in Australia

10. Religion in Australia

11. Identity, multiculturalism and imagined community

PART THREE: GLOBALISATION: Australia and social change

12. Australians at work

13. Confronting class and inequality

14. Inequality in Australia

15. Education in a period of crisis

16. Health and illness in an unequal society

17. Crime, deviance and power

18. Knowing the world: The Australian media

19. Sustainability

20. Conclusion: Australia and globalisation

Summary

A thoroughly revised and expanded third edition of this widely used introductory text which shows how to develop a sociological perspective on what is happening in Australia today.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Bessant, Judith Watts Bessant, Bessant Judith, Rob Watts, Watts Rob
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367719401
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71940-1
• No. of pages: 552
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian