About the book

This welcome new edition builds on the strengths of its predecessor in its thematic coherence, clarity of exposition and analytical depth. It is carefully structured to cover all the main substantive topics studied at an introductory level within a framework that engages with exciting contemporary debates about modernity, globalization, and social identity. Key features of the new edition a completely new chapter on the media; extended coverage of social divisions to include disability, youth, old age, class, gender and race; and clearer treatment of social theory, incorporating discussion of work by such contemporary theorists.

Content:

Part 1. Introduction: Studying Modern Society

Part 2. Social Division and Power

Part 3. Dimensions of Contemporary Social Life

Part 4. Theorising Contemporary Society