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Sociology: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Steve Bruce (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: June 15, 2000
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 128 pages
- ISBN-10: 0192853805
- ISBN-13: 9780192853806
Book Description
Steve Bruce conveys the essence of the field of sociology in this fascinating volume. A well-known populizer of the discipline, Bruce presents here an introduction to a way of thinking that will appeal to anyone interested in deepening their understanding of modern society.
Bruce reasserts the value of sociology as a social science, as a framework of understanding the human condition that grounds its explanations in reliable observations of the real world. Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, work in bureaucracies, and changes in religious and political organizations, Bruce explores the tension between the individual’s role in society and society’s role in shaping the individual.
Sociology: A Very Short Introduction demonstrates the value of sociology as a perspective for understanding the modern world. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life’s most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Steve Bruce is Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. He has written extensively on the nature of religion in the modern world and on the conflict in Northern Ireland. His most recent work on the former is Religion in the Modern World; on the latter, The Edge of the Union: The Ulster Loyalist Political Vision. His two interests combine in Conservative Protestant Politics.
