Sociology: A Global Introduction - John J. Macionis Reviews

** Though not a textbook, this is related to Sociology. I'll get dooyoo to move it if they manage to add the book itself for me as a separate product. Review of - Fresh Milk: The Secret Life of Breasts “Breast milk is worth approximately $50 a liter” Did you know that some ...  Read the complete review

Ha!! I knew that would get your attention! The book in question is by Diane Russell, entitled Making Violence Sexy:Feminist Views on Pornography, published by Open University Press in 1993. I am reading this book as part of my Pornography and Censorship module at UWE, now I do not count myself as an extreme or radical ...  Read the complete review

I studied Sociology at University during my first year having no prior knowledge of the subject and no clue what it was going to be about. Thankfully, our first year recommended text, 'Sociology: A Global Introduction' by John J. Macionis and Ken Plummer told me everything i needed to know to sail through the first year. Our ...  Read the complete review

Social Research - Issues, Methods and Process by Tim May is one of the best books in the field. The second edition was published in 1997 as the book was such a success. It is excellent for both undergraduate and postgraduate students and I found it useful during my first degree and now during my PhD. My supervisor (a ...  Read the complete review

This is an excellent introductory book for first year undergraduates and the more adventurous A-Level student alike. It is a general text focusing on giving an overview of the main areas which sociologists are concerned with today and tackles them in such a way as to be both informative and interesting at the same time. The authors ...  Read the complete review

Obviously, this book is only really relevant to people studying in the health care profession, but it makes quite an easy, uncomplicated read for anybody interested in the subject of Sociology. As a medical student, this textbook has proved invaluable to me during my first year, covering 'illness behaviour' and ...  Read the complete review

This is an A-Level standard text book for Sociology students but has many uses for people at all levels. It is an excellent reference tool for basic social studies for GCSE, A-Level and degree students. It is well written, easy to understand and relatively interesting. A stranger to sociology could pick it up and dip into it in an ...  Read the complete review

This is a very useful book for anyone carrying out a field excercise using qualitative data. It covers the uses of qualitative methods in social research and ways up the strengths and weaknesses of each methodology, comparing them to quantitative methods as well. Theoretical issues of observation, analysis and validity of ...  Read the complete review