ABSTRACT

Written by a group of the UK's leading Sociologists, this book covers in one volume all of the themes central to an understanding of contemporary British Society. Essays provide an historical overview of such topics as class, gender, work, ethnicity and community but also make a theoretical and substantive contribution to current debates.





chapter Chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|10 pages

Richard Brown and British sociology 1

chapter Chapter 3|16 pages

Gender inequality and divisions of labour

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

A classless society?

chapter Chapter 6|23 pages

Patterns of inequality in education

chapter Chapter 7|12 pages

Culture at work

chapter Chapter 8|11 pages

Industrial sociology and the labour process

chapter Chapter 10|14 pages

A historical construction of the working class

chapter Chapter 11|15 pages

Sexual segregation and community 1