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  • Social Divisions

    Inequality and Diversity in Britain

    by Catherine Maclean, Graham Crow, Michael Rosie, David Mccrone, Steph Lawler, Clare Bambra, David Saltiel, Ruth Garbutt, Liz Frost, Stephen Hunt, Stevi Jackson, Sue Scott, Robert Holton, Daniel Smith, Lucinda Platt, Tim Strangleman, Diane Reay, John Solomos, Pamela Abbott, John Scott ...
    Revised, restructured and updated to reflect the latest data and debates, this new edition of the widely used, classic textbook offers students an accessible account of the major social divisions that structure social life. Written by internationally known sociologists and experts, the book:• addresses a wide range of social divisions and inequalities in novel ways, with added chapters on ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Key Concepts in Social Research

    by Geoff Payne, Judy Payne ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    `This clearly written and user-friendly book is ideal for students or researchers who wish to get a basic, but solid grasp of a topic and see how it fits with other topics. By following the links a student can easily and efficiently build up a clear conceptual map of social research′ - Malcolm Williams, Reader in Sociology, Cardiff University`This is a really useful book, written in an accessible ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • Teaching Quantitative Methods

    Getting the Basics Right

    Edited by Geoff Payne, Malcolm Williams ...
    This exciting collection is both useful and timely. It clearly lays out the problems, strategies and resources associated with the teaching of quantitative methods in modern universities.Addressing the perceived ′crisis of number′ in a practical and fresh way the book sets out dynamic new approaches to teaching quantitative methods. It offers historical, comparative, analytical reflection and ... Read more

    $78.29 USD

  • Social Mobility for the 21st Century

    Everyone a Winner?

    Edited by Steph Lawler, Geoff Payne ...
    Series series Sociological Futures
    Social Mobility for the 21st Century addresses experiences of social mobility, and the detailed processes through which entrenched, intergenerationally transmitted privilege is reproduced. Contributions include (but are not limited to) family relationships, students’ encounters with higher education, narratives of work careers, and ‘mobility identities’. The book intends to challenge both the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Sociology and Social Research (RLE Social Theory)

    by Geoff Payne, Robert Dingwall, Judy Payne, Mick Carter ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    A social science which has become so remote from the society which pays for its upkeep is ultimately doomed, threatened less by repression than by intellectual contempt and financial neglect. This is the message of the authors of this book in this reassessment of the evolution and present state of British sociology.Their investigation analyses the discipline as a social institution, whose product ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The New Social Mobility

    How the Politicians Got It Wrong

    by Geoff Payne ...
    Despite becoming a big issue in public debate, social mobility is one of the most misunderstood processes of our time. In this accessible and engaging text, Geoff Payne, one of Britain’s leading mobility analysts, presents up-to-date sociological research evidence to demonstrate how our politicians have not grasped the ways in which mobility works. The new social mobility argues for considering a ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • The Social Mobility Of Women

    Beyond Male Mobility Models

    by Geoff Payne, Pamela Abbott ...
    First Published in 1990. What are a woman's chances of 'getting on in life'? How many shopkeepers' daughters make it to senior politcal pots- more or less, than shopkeeper's sons? What do we mean when we talk of a 'successful woman'? Up until now, we have know very little about female social mobility as studies have mostly been concerned with men. For the first time, this collection presents a ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • New Directions In The Sociology Of Health

    Edited by Geoff Payne ...
    The sociology of medicine has come a long way from its origins in epidemiology and clinical practice. Like all specialist areas of study it has developed its own internal debates, over the years there has been a shift from a sociology in medicine to a sociology of medicine, and from a sociolgy of medicine, towards a sociology of health and illness. It is to the development of this latter ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • New Directions in the Sociology of Health

    Edited by Pamela Abbott, Geoff Payne ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: British Sociological Association
    New Directions in the Sociology of Health links a number of contemporary issues to a broader sociological framework. It discusses health policy and programmes aimed at public concerns like AIDS, drug use, tranquilizer dependency and alcohol abuse. The work of a para-medical and lay workers – not least women – in health and prevention is a major focus, with particular attention being paid to the ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Work and the Enterprise Culture

    Edited by Malcolm Cross, Geoff Payne ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: British Sociological Association
    Work and Enterprise Culture examines the world of work in the light of the major changes that have occurred over the last decade. In particular, the book focuses on what is understood by the term the ‘enterprise culture’ and considers what impact, if any, this concept has on traditional work practices. A major feature of the book is that the essays also address questions of equal opportunity on ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • AQA Sociology for A-level Book 1

    by David Bown, Laura Pountney, Tomislav Maric ...
    Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Build students' understanding with this concept-driven approach to the 2015 AQA A-level Sociology specification, written by a team of leading subject authors and approved by AQA.- Develop the knowledge required to master Year 1 topics with clear a... ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Social policy

    by Spicker, Paul ...
    Social Policy: Themes and approaches is a fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook, extensively reworked and adapted to meet the needs of its international readership. The book lays out the architecture of social policy as a field of study, providing a sense of the scope, range and purpose of the subject while developing critical awareness of problems, ... Read more

    $29.19 USD