Public Sociology

Name: Public Sociology
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781032045627
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Public Sociology offers an accessible introduction to sociological perspectives relevant to Australian social life, encouraging readers to examine their own communities through a sociological lens. The fully revised fifth edition includes new chapters on pressing contemporary topics such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Indigenous issues, youth identity, and the role of sport. It explores core themes including youth, families, intimate relationships, class, inequality, race, and ethnic relations, all updated with the latest research and statistics. Each chapter is equipped with learning features like key term definitions, summaries, discussion questions, and further reading guides, making it an essential resource for social science students seeking to understand today’s complex social world.
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This title is ideal for students and instructors in social sciences, particularly those focused on sociology within Australian contexts. It is suitable for readers seeking up-to-date sociological insights on contemporary social issues such as pandemic impacts, social justice movements, and evolving identity politics.

Public Sociology highlights the relevance of sociological perspectives to Australian social life and encourages students to apply a sociological gaze to their own lives and the communities in which they live. This fully revised and updated fifth edition adds new chapters and material on a wide range of contemporary issues.

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Public Sociology presents a wide range of topics in a user-friendly and accessible way, introducing key theories and research methods, and exploring core themes, including youth, families and intimate relationships, class and inequality, and race and ethnic relations. All chapters have been extensively revised to bring them up to date in a fast-changing social world, reflecting the latest sociological debates in response to changing lifestyles and evolving political landscapes. In addition to updated statistics and research findings, an expanded glossary and the latest citations to the scholarly literature, each chapter includes numerous learning features for students and instructors, including definitions of key terms, concise summaries of main points, discussion questions and guides to further reading and additional resources.

This is the essential sociological reference to help students in the social sciences make sense of a complex and challenging world.

New to the Fifth Edition:

New chapters on the COVID-19 pandemic, Indigenous issues, youth and identity, and sport
Exploration of the latest social issues including the pandemic, BLM, expanded discussion of gender, #MeToo, LGBTIQ+ and intersectionality, rising inequality and the ‘post-truth’ age
All chapters thoroughly revised and updated with the latest research
Updated design, images, and chapter opening vignettes to engage the reader

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781032045627

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 May 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 5th edition

Illustration: 12 Tables, color; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 58 Halftones, black and white; 64 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by John Germov
Edited by Marilyn Poole

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 1600g

Pages: 588

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

John Germov is Professor of Sociology and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Higher Education at Victoria University, Australia. John’s research interests span the social determinants of health, the social origins of food and alcohol habits, workplace change, and the history of sociology. He is the author and editor of 25 books including Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology, A Sociology of Food and Nutrition: The Social Appetite (with Lauren Williams), Histories of Australian Sociology (with Tara McGee), and Hunter Wine: A History (with Julie McIntyre).

Marilyn Poole was an Honorary Associate Professor of Sociology at Deakin University, Australia until 2022. Marilyn has long experience in the community sector and continues to work on advisory committees, particularly in the areas of health and community strengthening. She is author of Idols–Ideals–Identities: Women in Society, editor of Family: Changing Families, Changing Times, and co-editor of Sociology: Australian Connections (with Ray Jureidini) and A Certain Age: Women Growing Older (with Susan Feldman). She was a member of the Professional Education Taskforce that produced Family Violence: Everybody’s Business, Somebody’s Life.