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Social Sciences
: The Big Issues
AUTHOR:
Kath Woodward
ISBN: 0415300800
ISBN-13: 9780415300803
Format: Paperback (pp: 200) 229 x 152mm
Imprint: Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
Publication Date: (first published: 26 Jun 2003)
Retail Price: £18.99
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DESCRIPTION:
We live in a world that is frequently characterized by change.
What are these changes? Are they so radical? Do changes also bring
uncertainties as well as new opportunities? How can we understand the things
that matter? These are the questions with which the social sciences engage. The
social sciences are about people and the relationship between individuals and
the social world in which we live. Some contemporary debates have a long
history, whereas others are expressed differently in the age of new
technologies and the Internet. This book offers an introduction to the big
debates within the social sciences and to the ways of thinking and of dealing
with what matters, which the social sciences employ. It introduces some of the
important concepts and claims that promote understanding of recent discussion
of identity, citizenship, social divisions, consumption and class, gender, race
and ethnicity, the role of the media and the impact of
globalization.It will be of particular interest to students wanting to bridge
the gap between Access courses or A levels and social science degrees, and for
those who are considering studying the social sciences at undergraduate level
and want to know more about what might be involved, as well as to those who
just want to think more systematically about issues of social and political
concern and develop some of the tools of critical analysis.
CONTENTS:
1. Introduction: getting started
- 2. You and Me, Us and Them: Issues
of Identity
- 3. Citizenship: who's in and who's out?
- 4. Buying and Selling
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Where Do You Come From? Place and Race
- 6. Globalization: all over the place
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7.Conclusion
SUBJECT CLASSIFICATIONS [BIC]:
Social issues [JBN]
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