Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE: WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY

1. The modernising process and sociology

2. Mapping sociological theories

3. Doing sociology

4. Ethics, sociology and research

PART TWO: IDENTITY - BEING YOURSELF, BEING AUSTRALIAN

5. Ourselves - myself, yourself

6. Ourselves in families

7. Being young - age and identity

8. Sex in Australia

9. Neighbours and nations: ethnic identity and multiculturalism

10. A healthy Australia?

PART THREE: 'GLOBALISATION', AUSTRALIA AND SOCIAL CHANGE

11. Australia, globalisation and the future of work

12. Class and inequality in Australia

13. Poverty and inequality in Australia

14. Social order and power in a time of change

15. Knowing the world - the Australian media

Glossary

References

Index

About the Author

Judith Bessant is Reader in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the Australian Catholic University, St Patrick's campus. Rob Watts is a Professor in the School of Social Science and Planning at RMIT. Between them, the authors have 40 years experience of teaching sociology at an introductory level.

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