Social Sciences. The Big Issues

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Routledge
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2014
Edition: Third Edition

Description: 192 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The social sciences are about people and the relationships between individuals and the social and material world we live in. They are about the social structures which shape and are shaped by social forces such as ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality and age and the bodies we inhabit. How are these relationships changing and to what extent and how can people influence change What are the big issues which concern us today How can the social sciences help us to understand what is going on Social The Big Issues third edition looks at what matters in terms of what is changing and what remains the same in contemporary life, bringing together personal concerns and social forces. Fully revised and updated, this book explores some of the debates about how we live our personal, domestic and emotional lives at a time of change and disruption, including economic crises and uncertainties. The issues covered changing selves and personal lives; the role of consumption and consumerism; materialism and material culture; as well as citizenship, migration and globalization as both opportunities and sources of inequality in the contemporary world and in everyday lives. The third edition of Social The Big Issues provides a clear, accessible introduction to the ideas and approaches of the social sciences across a range of disciplines, including sociology, psychology and politics.

ISBN: 9780415824095