• Introduction - Chris JenksStructure\Agency - David F WalshContinuity\Change - Fran TonkissFact\Value - Sue Stedman-JonesLocal\Global - Les BackQualitative\Quantitative - David SilvermanNormal\Pathological - Clive SealeCulture\Nature - Helen ThomasRelativism\Absolutism - Sue Stedman-JonesPublic\Private - Don SlaterSex\Gender - Joanne EntwhistleRace\Ethnicity - Jean PopeauIdealism\Materialism - David F WalshNationalism\Internationalism - Josep LloberaTheory\Practice - Paul FilmerCivil\Political - Fran TonkissActive\Passive - Chris JenksSubject\Object - David F WalshImage\Text - Paul FilmerNeeds\Wants - Don SlaterLife\Death - Clive SealeHigh\Mass - Paul FilmerModernity\Postmodernity - Helen Thomas and David F WalshWork\Leisure - Don Slater

`Chris Jenks and his colleagues from the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths College, London, have compiled an impressive contribution to a growing body of literature associated with the relatively recent resurgence of interest in sociology and sociological theory.... All in all this is a successful text that will almost certainly be extensively used by undergraduates and their teachers. Jenks and his colleagues have produced what amounts to a high-quality introduction to significant empirical concerns in sociology, and to the core theoretical concepts and themes that relate closely to the revitalization and development of the discipline.′ - British Journal of Sociology

• Introduction - Chris JenksStructure\Agency - David F WalshContinuity\Change - Fran TonkissFact\Value - Sue Stedman-JonesLocal\Global - Les BackQualitative\Quantitative - David SilvermanNormal\Pathological - Clive SealeCulture\Nature - Helen ThomasRelativism\Absolutism - Sue Stedman-JonesPublic\Private - Don SlaterSex\Gender - Joanne EntwhistleRace\Ethnicity - Jean PopeauIdealism\Materialism - David F WalshNationalism\Internationalism - Josep LloberaTheory\Practice - Paul FilmerCivil\Political - Fran TonkissActive\Passive - Chris JenksSubject\Object - David F WalshImage\Text - Paul FilmerNeeds\Wants - Don SlaterLife\Death - Clive SealeHigh\Mass - Paul FilmerModernity\Postmodernity - Helen Thomas and David F WalshWork\Leisure - Don Slater

`Chris Jenks and his colleagues from the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths College, London, have compiled an impressive contribution to a growing body of literature associated with the relatively recent resurgence of interest in sociology and sociological theory.... All in all this is a successful text that will almost certainly be extensively used by undergraduates and their teachers. Jenks and his colleagues have produced what amounts to a high-quality introduction to significant empirical concerns in sociology, and to the core theoretical concepts and themes that relate closely to the revitalization and development of the discipline.′ - British Journal of Sociology

• Introduction - Chris JenksStructure\Agency - David F WalshContinuity\Change - Fran TonkissFact\Value - Sue Stedman-JonesLocal\Global - Les BackQualitative\Quantitative - David SilvermanNormal\Pathological - Clive SealeCulture\Nature - Helen ThomasRelativism\Absolutism - Sue Stedman-JonesPublic\Private - Don SlaterSex\Gender - Joanne EntwhistleRace\Ethnicity - Jean PopeauIdealism\Materialism - David F WalshNationalism\Internationalism - Josep LloberaTheory\Practice - Paul FilmerCivil\Political - Fran TonkissActive\Passive - Chris JenksSubject\Object - David F WalshImage\Text - Paul FilmerNeeds\Wants - Don SlaterLife\Death - Clive SealeHigh\Mass - Paul FilmerModernity\Postmodernity - Helen Thomas and David F WalshWork\Leisure - Don Slater

`Chris Jenks and his colleagues from the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths College, London, have compiled an impressive contribution to a growing body of literature associated with the relatively recent resurgence of interest in sociology and sociological theory.... All in all this is a successful text that will almost certainly be extensively used by undergraduates and their teachers. Jenks and his colleagues have produced what amounts to a high-quality introduction to significant empirical concerns in sociology, and to the core theoretical concepts and themes that relate closely to the revitalization and development of the discipline.′ - British Journal of Sociology