Sociology Themes and Perspectives: Selling over a million copies world-wide over 30 years, this eighth edition has been fully updated to give all the detail and depth needed. (Haralambos and Holborn)

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It is more useful to define sociology in terms of its approach or approaches to explaining social life rather than its subject matter. Michael Haralambos wrote the first two editions of Sociology Themes and Perspectives and contributed to later editions.

New topics covered in this sociology book include globalisation, the Arab Spring, the possible decline of US power, UK Coalition policies, environmental sociology, new media, the financial crash and recession, network society, crime and deviance sociology, victimology – and many more! I have sold a few books from my first year but will be hanging onto this one until my degree is complete! New topics covered in this sociology book include globalisation, the Arab Spring, the possible decline of US power, UK Coalition policies, environmental sociology, new media, the financial crash and recession, network society, crime and deviance sociology, victimology – and many more!Consolidate your learning with the quick-reference conclusions and summaries at the end of each chapter. While both get minor sections again in the final chapter, these are very interesting, if somewhat neglected, areas and it would be good to have them covered in detail within such an accesible text.

Sociology: Themes and Perspectives has been the best-selling textbook for sociology students for more than 20 years, selling more than a million copies worldwide.

Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. This item: Sociology Themes and Perspectives: Selling over a million copies world-wide over 30 years, this eighth edition has been fully updated to give all the detail and depth needed. I studied this when did my applied social science degree, and found it highly relevant to my career.

Stay relevant with the most up-to-date developments, empirical studies and theories while consolidating your learning with quick-reference conclusions and summaries at the end of each chapter. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Finally, there are some topics which I feel could have been included that were absent, cities/urban studies and organisational sociology.