Sociology

Sociology

Key concepts – Approaches – Perspectives

This textbook provides an in-depth yet easy-to-understand introduction to the subject through the systematic presentation and discussion of key sociological concepts. Starting from the individual, society and social interrelationships, the three perspectives of social action, social orders and social change serve as fundamental points of reference. Each of the thirteen chapters begins with a concrete example, which is used to introduce key sociological concepts, important authors and, in an initial overview, paradigmatic approaches.