Haydn Aarons, Evan Willis

The Sociological Quest (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction to the Study of Social Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Starting sociology can be daunting. This user-friendly introduction takes the reader on a quest towards a sociological understanding of the world we live in. Using contemporary examples, The Sociological Quest asks what is distinctive about the way sociologists view society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000686739
• Artikelnr.: 65847760

Autorenporträt

Haydn Aarons is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. He has been teaching and researching in Sociology for over twenty years. He has published widely on a range of sociological topics including religion, health, rural communities, cultural consumption, and quantitative research methods.

Evan Willis is Adjunct Professor of Public Health at La Trobe University, Australia. He has had a long and distinguished career as a researcher and teacher in Sociology. His book, Medical Dominance: The Division of Labour in Australian Health Care (Routledge, 1989), was winner of the Australian Sociological Association Award in 2003 for the Ten Most Influential Books in Sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The nature of sociological explanation 3. Sociology's
place in the academy 4. The sociological imagination 5. Structure and
critique 6. The social and the biological world 7. Theory and method 8. How
do we know? 9. Doing Sociology (and getting paid for it): careers and
applications