Sociology One Second Edition By Malcolm Water, Rodney Crook

This new edition of the highly successful Sociology One expands and updates the original work. It gives a comprehensive introduction to the discipline of sociology, using examples that are relevant to Australians and analyses familiar institutions and processes of social life in Australia. Each chapter contain definitions and conceptual statements, an account of the relevant theoretical positions of the mains school of sociology, and an outline of major research findings with specific reference to Australia. This edition includes a new chapter on Health and Medicine, and additional material covering the work of radical and feminist sociologists.