Core Sociological Dichotomies

Introduction - Chris Jenks Structure\Agency - David F Walsh Continuity\Change - Fran Tonkiss Fact\Value - Sue Stedman-Jones Local\Global - Les Back Qualitative\Quantitative - David Silverman Normal\Pathological - Clive Seale Culture\Nature - Helen Thomas Relativism\Absolutism - Sue Stedman-Jones Public\Private - Don Slater Sex\Gender - Joanne Entwhistle Race\Ethnicity - Jean Popeau Idealism\Materialism - David F Walsh Nationalism\Internationalism - Josep Llobera Theory\Practice - Paul Filmer Civil\Political - Fran Tonkiss Active\Passive - Chris Jenks Subject\Object - David F Walsh Image\Text - Paul Filmer Needs\Wants - Don Slater Life\Death - Clive Seale High\Mass - Paul Filmer Modernity\Postmodernity - Helen Thomas and David F Walsh Work\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