The only reason I gave this a 3 is because the packaging was very flimsy and the book came with a torn cover. This book has been of great help to me during my first year at Greenwich University where I am studying a B.

Martin Holborn is the main author of the previous five editions of Sociology Themes and Perspectives and a range of other sociology textbooks. Sociology is one of a number of social sciences (including economics, psychology and human geography) that attempt to explain and understand the behaviour of human beings in society.Increasingly influential concepts and approaches such as postmodernism, the sociology of modernity and globalization are integrated into existing chapters as well. Martin Holborn is an experienced teacher and examiner of A Level, Access and degree-level Sociology, and the author of numerous social science books including co-authoring the last six editions of Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, which has been a bestseller internationally for many years. It is hard to think of any significant area of social life that has never been the subject of a sociological study. My daughter is now studying A level sociology, and this was bought specially to assist in her studies, as the teaching she was receiving left something to be desired.

Secondly, I assumed from the description that globalisation would get a chapter to itself (as is the case in Giddens' Sociology and Bilton et al's Introductory Sociology), however it was tacked onto the final chapter. Consolidate your learning with the quick-reference conclusions and summaries at the end of each chapter. I used this book in university and it has never let me down, nor does it do so now, when meaning in chaos in the 21st century, is deperately needed.New topics covered in this sociology book include globalisation, the Arab Spring, the possible decline of US power, UK Coalition policies, environmental sociology, new media, the financial crash and recession, network society, crime and deviance sociology, victimology – and many more! The new chapters on culture and identity and on the mass media take full account of the 'cultural turn' in the subject. Sociology Themes and Perspectives: Selling over a million copies world-wide over 30 years, this eighth edition has been fully updated to give all the detail and depth needed. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. This item: Sociology Themes and Perspectives: Selling over a million copies world-wide over 30 years, this eighth edition has been fully updated to give all the detail and depth needed.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Raise standards and engagement in the subject with an easy-to-follow format that makes understanding sociology easier for all your students.Finally, there are some topics which I feel could have been included that were absent, cities/urban studies and organisational sociology. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. While this gives a basic covering of the key debates, given that Global Development is one of the topics at A Level, it's a shame that it doesn't get the in depth analysis that the others receive.