num_pages: 120
description: Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, work in bureaucracies, and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's role in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the value of sociology as a perspective for understanding the modern world.
language: English
title: Sociology: A Very Short Introduction
titlecomplete: Sociology: A Very Short Introduction
genres: Social Science, Sociology, Science, History, Philosophy, Academic, Reference, Education, Psychology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 779
publisher: Oxford University Press