Social Sciences

<p>Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of <i>Social Sciences: The Big Issues</i> explores key debates about how we live our personal, domestic and emotional lives at a time of enormous, previously unimaginable change and disruption, including a pandemic that locked down households and economies. </p><p>Since the third edition, everyone’s life has changed. The pandemic – at least temporarily – stopped social life as we knew it and virtually forced governments to close down their economies. This is where this edition of <i>The Big Issues</i> starts. Staying at home posed a radical departure from routine life, but reactions to Covid-19 have exposed the endurance of particular social relations – especially inequalities – which characterize societies worldwide.</p><p>A few of the new big issues covered in this edition include: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Changing selves and personal lives in light of racism and sexual and identity politics in a pandemic</li> <p> </p> <li>Changing patterns of consumption in relation to market production and what it means for climate change</li> <p> </p> <li>Changing intersections of citizenship, migration and globalization in the context of the virus crossing borders, and both the opportunities and sources of inequality involved</li> <p> </p> <li>Changing ideas about power, politics and populism in the aftermath of Brexit</li> </ul><p>Building on the strong foundation of this well-loved text, this fully revised fourth edition explores how big issues and social forces intersect to create both change and evidence of continuity, especially of social inequalities. It<i> </i>provides a clear, accessible introduction to the ideas and approaches of the social sciences across a range of disciplines, including sociology, psychology and politics.</p> <p>1. Introduction</p><p>2. Identity matters</p><p>3. Political action, citizenship and social order</p><p>4. Markets: buying and selling</p><p>5. Mobilities and inequalities: place and race</p><p>6. A globalized planet: opportunities and inequalities</p><p>7. Conclusion</p>