Exploring Self & Society

By Rosamund Billington, et al.
June 1998
Macmillan UK
ISBN: 0333632230 paper: $49.50
ISBN: 0333632222 hardcover: $125.00
304 pages

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This text addresses contemporary society in an immediate and thought-provoking manner and will be a timely and topical introduction to the dynamic and critical dimensions of sociology. It adopts a broad social science approach which reflects both the authors' competencies and also the widening and overlaying boundaries of the social sciences. Starting with the problem-oriented agenda of the social sciences, it explores the tensions between structure, agency and process via the idea of a structure-bound and yet creative and participatory self.

Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Understanding the Social World
Personal Identity
Transitions through the Lifecourse
Sexuality
Health and Illness
Doing and Being at Work
The Wider Context
Globalisation and Identity
Acting Human
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Author Biographies:
ROSAMUND BILLINGTON lectures in Sociology at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside.
JENNY HOCKEY is a Social Anthropologist, lecturing in Gender and Health Studies at the University of Hull.
SHEELAGH STRAWBRIDGE is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist in independent practice.

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