Ebook: Sociology: a Guide to Problems and Literature

Book cover; title01; copyright01; title02; copyright02; preface; contents; part one: the scope and methods of sociology; chapter 1 the study of society; chapter 2 sociological theory; chapter 3 sociological methods; chapter 4 the social sciences, history and philosophy; part two: population and social groupings; chapter 5 population and society; chapter 6 types of social group; part three: social institutions; chapter 7 social structure, societies and civilizations; chapter 8 economic institutions; chapter 9 political institutions; chapter 10 the family and kinship.;First published in 1962, this seminal work is an introduction to sociology in a world context, and a sophisticated guide to the major themes, problems and controversies in contemporary sociology. The book remains unique in its organisation and presentation of sociological ideas and problems, in it s lack of insularity (its wide coverage of diverse types of society and of sociological thought from various cultural traditions), and in its systematic connection of sociology with the broad themes of modern social and political thought.