Gordon Marshall

In Praise of Sociology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this lively and entertaining book, Gordon Marshall demonstrates the valuable qualities of British sociology and its importance for understanding contemporary society. He does so through exposition of ten classic studies of British society by British sociologists since 1945. In Praise of Sociology is an excellent introduction to the concerns and values of sociology, a powerful statement of the achievements of post-war British sociologists, and a manifesto for good sociology in the 1990s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 147mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780044456872
• ISBN-10: 0044456875
• Artikelnr.: 21050327

Autorenporträt

Official Fellow Professor Gordon Marshall (University of Oxford Nuffield College,

Inhaltsangabe

The theme
social class and social mobility
education and culture
poverty in an affluent society
managing the new technology
workers and their wages
race and housing in the inner city
the rise and fall of the mods
sociologists and scientologists
on the social origins of clinical depression
families and social networks - a conclusion.