ISBN:
041534073X
,
0415340748
,
9780415340731
,
9780415340748
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 275 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
New sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version Community and Everyday Life
DDC:
307
Keywords:
Communities
;
Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (Sociology)
Abstract:
Grounded in a wide-ranging review of empirical research, this textbook provides an overview of sociological debates surrounding the idea of community, and relates them to the part community plays in people's everyday conceptions of identity
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1. THE IDEA OF COMMUNITY; 2. COMMUNITY STUDIES; 3. THE RISE AND FALL OF 'WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY'; 4. OUT OF THE WRECKAGE: THE RECOVERY OF COMMUNITY; 5. THE DIVIDED COMMUNITY; 6. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY; 7. THE GLOBAL, LOCAL AND COMMUNAL; 8. NEW DIRECTIONS FOR COMMUNITY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
