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dc.contributor.authorCarl, John Den
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Sarahen
dc.contributor.authorRobards, Bradyen
dc.contributor.authorScott, Johnen
dc.contributor.authorHillman, Wendyen
dc.contributor.authorLawrence, Geoffreyen
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-29T15:34:00Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.isbn1442539801en
dc.identifier.isbn9781442539808en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9588-
dc.description.abstractHow do you define sociology? You might say that it is the study of society, the study of how people live, or the study of people's interactions with one another. This is all true, but these answers only scratch the surface. According to The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), sociology 'focuses on the study of human behaviour and social interaction to understand how societies are organised, develop and change' (The Australian Sociological Association n.d.). To understand the social world - how it is organised, develops and changes - we have to understand what esteemed sociologist Anthony Giddens (1992: 14) calls 'the double involvement of individuals and institutions'. What he means by this is that people, as individuals and in groups, 'create society', create the social world in which they live. However, the other side of the coin is that, at the same time as people create the social world, they are simultaneously being 'created by it' (Giddens, 1992: 14). In all our interactions in society, we must consider agency (our role in the creation of the social world) and structure (the role of the social world in our interactions of society). Like any science, sociologists seek to understand the facts of a situation while keeping an open mind about what they are studying. In addition to this, sociologists strive to keep personal opinions at bay, while at the same time reflexively considering how aspects of their personal background (what sociologist Pierre Bourdieu calls 'habitus') might impact on the conclusions they make.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherPearson Australiaen
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dc.titleThink Sociologyen
dc.typeBooken
dc.subject.keywordsSociological Methodology and Research Methodsen
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Theoryen
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Changeen
local.contributor.firstnameJohn Den
local.contributor.firstnameSarahen
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local.contributor.firstnameJohnen
local.contributor.firstnameWendyen
local.contributor.firstnameGeoffreyen
local.subject.for2008160805 Social Changeen
local.subject.for2008160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methodsen
local.subject.for2008160806 Social Theoryen
local.subject.seo2008940504 Work and Family Responsibilitiesen
local.subject.seo2008950503 Understanding Australias Pasten
local.identifier.epublicationsvtls086601092en
local.profile.schoolSchool of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.schoolSociologyen
local.profile.emailjscott6@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20110822-130548en
local.publisher.placeFrenchs Forest, Australiaen
local.format.pages297en
local.contributor.lastnameCarlen
local.contributor.lastnameBakeren
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local.contributor.lastnameScotten
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local.contributor.lastnameLawrenceen
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local.title.maintitleThink Sociologyen
local.output.categorydescriptionA2 Authored Book - Otheren
local.relation.urlhttp://pearson.com.au/Catalogue/TitleDetails.aspx?isbn=9781442539808en
local.relation.urlhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38333302en
local.search.authorCarl, John Den
local.search.authorBaker, Sarahen
local.search.authorRobards, Bradyen
local.search.authorScott, Johnen
local.search.authorHillman, Wendyen
local.search.authorLawrence, Geoffreyen
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local.year.published2011en
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