num_pages: 179
description:  A Brief but Critical Introduction offers a lively, discursive and jargon-free introduction to sociology, accessible to the lay reader as well as to the student. It incorporates discussion of recent developments in both social theory and empirical social research - developments to which Giddens has directly contributed.
language: English
title: Sociology: A Brief But Critical Introduction
titlecomplete: Sociology: A Brief But Critical Introduction
genres: Philosophy, Science, Social Science, Nonfiction, Sociology
ratings_count: 127
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt