Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, work in bureaucracies, and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's role in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the value of sociology as a perspective for understanding the modern world.
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- ISBN10 0192853805
- ISBN13 9780192853806
- Publish Date 24 February 2000 (first published 1 December 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 August 2018
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English