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Sociology: A Very Short Introduction

By (author) Steve Bruce,

12.60

From politics to education, work, crime, and religion this Very Short Introduction discusses some of the core considerations of contemporary sociologists. Exploring the tension between the individual’s place in society and society’s role in shaping the individual, it demonstrates the value of sociology for understanding the modern world.

SKU: 9780198822967

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ISBN: 9780198822967

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 144

Dimensions: 11.2 × 0.8 × 17.5 cm

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  • Paperback / softback | 144 pages
  • 11.2 × 0.8 × 17.5 cm | 112
  • 27 September 2018
  • Oxford University Press
  • United Kingdom
  • 2nd Revised edition

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About the author

Steve Bruce

2 Published Books

Steve Bruce is an internationally renowned sociologist of religion. He taught at The Queen's University, Belfast, from 1978 to 1991 and since 2001 he has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy and in 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Steve Bruce is the author of a number of books, including Sec ular Beats Spiritual (OUP, 2017), Bryan Wilson's Religion in Secular Society: Fifty Years On (OUP 2016), and Scottish Gods: Religion in Modern Scotland (Edinburgh University Press, 2014).

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