Full Description
Re-examining C.Wright Mills' legacy as a jumping off point, this original introduction to sociology illuminates global concepts, themes and practices that are fundamental to the discipline. It makes a case for the importance of developing a sociological imagination and provides the steps for how readers can do that.
With a global outlook and examples drawn from everything from social inequality to social media, this is a lively, engaging and accessible overview of sociology for all its students and teachers.
Contents
Preface: How to read this book?
Making sense of society
The sociological imagination
What is the social?
Seven Key Moments in Western sociology
Sociologies in a Global World
Decolonising Sociology
Structure, Agency, Power and Conflict
Difference, Stratification and Inequalities
The Social Self
Sociology in the Early 21st Century
