This book is packed with up-to-date examples drawn from newspapers, magazines and academic books. Each chapter begins with a clear summary of all the main points covered. It encourages students to examine preconceived ideas and actively discover the way society shapes their lives and personalities. The book covers the GCSE specifications for all of the major Awarding Bodies and is consistently rated by teachers and students as one of the best sociology textbooks available. It also contains a comprehensive glossary.

 

There are 448 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Oxford University Press .

Stephen Moore worked as an exhibition and graphic designer before writing his first novel, Spilling the Magic. He now writes full time, and lives in Newcastle with his wife and young son.

This book has the following chapters: Understanding sociology; researching society; social divisions and social class; gender and sexuality; race and ethnicity; age; families, partnerships and marriage; the media; population, places and communities; education; work, unemployment and leisure; social control, deviance and crime; politics and power; poverty and welfare; religion.