The textbook offered to the reader by E. Giddens “Sociology” is the second expanded and significantly expanded edition of this fundamental work in the Russian translation, based on the fourth English edition of this book. The first edition of the book (M.: URSS, 1999) was pioneering in its formulation and consideration of many pressing sociological issues. The textbook provides an almost exhaustive description of modern sociological knowledge; he most professionally and theoretically substantiated structures the problem field of modern sociology, based on the corresponding latest theory of society. In this regard, Giddens's textbook compares favorably with all sociology textbooks existing in Russian. The author methodologically successfully combines systematic and historical approaches: the study of each problem is preceded by a presentation of the views of the classics of sociology on it. The textbook is, of course, modern not only from the point of view of the theoretical development of problems, but also from the point of view of the factual material it contains. We are talking about the theoretical and empirical compliance of the content of the textbook with the latest state of society. It is recommended for sociologists - researchers and teachers, students and graduate students specializing in sociology, as well as a wide range of readers.

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