- 212 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of Social Sciences: The Big Issues explores key debates about how we live our personal, domestic and emotional lives at a time of enormous, previously unimaginable change and disruption, including a pandemic that locked down households and economies.
Since the third edition, everyone's life has changed. The pandemic – at least temporarily – stopped social life as we knew it and virtually forced governments to close down their economies. This is where this edition of The Big Issues starts. Staying at home posed a radical departure from routine life, but reactions to Covid-19 have exposed the endurance of particular social relations – especially inequalities – which characterize societies worldwide.
A few of the new big issues covered in this edition include:
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- Changing selves and personal lives in light of racism and sexual and identity politics in a pandemic
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- Changing patterns of consumption in relation to market production and what it means for climate change
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- Changing intersections of citizenship, migration and globalization in the context of the virus crossing borders, and both the opportunities and sources of inequality involved
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- Changing ideas about power, politics and populism in the aftermath of Brexit
Building on the strong foundation of this well-loved text, this fully revised fourth edition explores how big issues and social forces intersect to create both change and evidence of continuity, especially of social inequalities. It provides a clear, accessible introduction to the ideas and approaches of the social sciences across a range of disciplines, including sociology, psychology and politics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Identity matters
- 3 Political action, citizenship and social order
- 4 Markets: buying and selling
- 5 Mobilities and inequalities: place and race
- 6 A globalized planet: opportunities and inequalities
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- Glossary
- Index