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Sociology

Sociology

by Greg MartinPhilip Smith Daphne Habibis and others
Paperback
Publication Date: 12/09/2013

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Building upon the success of previous editions, this fully revised edition of Sociology lays the foundations for understanding sociology in Australia. The depth and breadth of the book ensures its value not only for first-year students, but for sociology majors requiring on-going reference to a range of theoretical perspectives and current debates. This fifth Australian edition continues to build on the book's reputation for coverage, clarity and content, drawing upon the work of leading Australian sociologists as well as engaging with global social trends and sociological developments. The text is supported by an interactive companion website for students http://www.pearson.com.au/highered/vankrieken5e
ISBN:
9781442560703
9781442560703
Category:
Sociology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
12-09-2013
Publisher:
Pearson Education Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Edition:
5th Edition
Daphne Habibis

Daphne Habibis is Director of the Housing and Community Research Centre at the University of Tasmania. She has published widely in areas of inequality especially in relation to Aboriginal issues and housing. She is the co-author, with Professor Maggie Walter, of the monograph, Social Inequality in Australia: Discourses, Realities and Futures (Oxford University Press, 2008, 2015).

She is the lead investigator on a number of Australian Research Council and Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute funded research projects concerning Aboriginal and Euro-Australian race relations,welfare conditionality in Aboriginal housing, and improving tenancy management in remote Aboriginal communities.

Brett Hutchins

Brett Hutchins is an Associate Professor in Communications and Media Studies at Monash University. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Queensland, graduating in 2001 and receiving the Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Thesis (PhD).

His thesis was published as Don Bradman: Challenging the Myth by Cambridge University Press in 2002, receiving significant media and critical attention and appearing in paperback in 2005. Brett’s current research and teaching interests are in the areas of digital media, mobile media, sports media and environmental media.

His recent books include the research monograph, Sport Beyond Television: The Internet, Digital Media and the Rise of Networked Media Sport (Routledge, 2012, with David Rowe), and the international edited collections, Environmental Conflict and the Media (Peter Lang, 2013, with Libby Lester) and Digital Media Sport: Technology, Power and Culture in the Network Society (Routledge, 2013, with David Rowe)

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