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good for everything but

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I am an 2nd year A-level student and was presented with the choice of either this book or a more condesensed focused book. My teacher instructed the class that this one would make her very happy if we bought it. THNX ALOT TEACHER!!! Although this book has an extreme amount of information on a wide variety of subjects, and would probably please other scholars of sociology, i for one am not. I am 5 weeks into my 2nd year A-level and this book has already shown how useless it can be. Sometimes it presents information you're looking for in an easy way, however, much critical information is missing from this book, and many important sociologists are missed out, while other insignificant sociologists are given huge amounts of depth. HOW CAN THIS BOOK THINK EDWARD SHILS AND MICHAEL YOUNG ARE NOT WORTH EVEN A SENTENCE, YET THEY CAN DEVOTE PAGES TO SOME MORON WHO STUDIED HOW OFTEN PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR GEORGE BUSH WENT TO CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!! Decide yourself, I feel it was a waste of £20, on top of which i'll have to buy the correct guide for another £20. PRetty bad time for Goverment EMA to go Haywire

This book is great for lecturers!

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I have been a Social Policy lecturer for 17 years and I've lost count of how many plagiarists I've caught using this book. The 'problem' is that students who plagiarise are almost always unfamiliar with the literature. The one book they have heard of Haralambos and it's so well laid out that it's easy to find the material to use in an essay. What students forget is that if it was easy for them to find the material, it's going to be easy - indeed, easier - for the tutor to find the same material. I have several editions of Haralambos on a bookshelf just a few feet away and they're invaluable. Thank you, Michael Haralambos!

Uhhh...where's the chapter on "World Sociology"?

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Ceci n'est pas un compte-rendu. This is not a review. It could not be a review as I have only got as far as page 4/899, where however it is clearly stated that "Chapter 15 (World Sociology) looks at inequality between societies". Having a particular interest in this question, I turned to Ch.15 only to find that it is devoted to "Sociological Theory", and that there is no chapter on "World Sociology" in the book. What happened? Was the original plan for this chapter shelved? The rest of the book looks very comprehensive at a first glance of the chapters, index and bibliography, but this omission seems a pity as this would seem an area of great interest, to me at least (and especially as my appetite was whetted on p.4!)

A stimulating and comprehensive introduction to sociology.

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'Sociology Themes and Perspectives' was first published in 1980 and this 954-page, 7th edition(2008) is probably the best yet. Clearly written and extensively revised with an entirely new chapter on 'Age and the Life Course' this intellectually stimulating, comprehensive and detailed introduction to sociology is an ideal guide for A-level students, undergraduates and the general reader who wishes to make sense of our complex society.

It got me an 'A'!!!!

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I loved this book and read most of it during A-level. The layout is sometimes a bit annoying because some of the information could be abbreviated into one sentence instead of a whole page. But i can safely say because of this book i got my A in my Sociology A-level. I would definatly recommend this book to anyone who is studying sociology at A-level it includes both an introduction and further study into sociology. The text is simple, accurate and includes all the information you possibly need to pass Sociology A-level in flying colours. It's a must buy !!!! well worth the money. In sociology there is a politics module originally i got an 'E' but after using the politics section in this book it increased my grade to 2 marks off an 'A', that shows how amazing this book is.