Philipos Petros Gile

Sociology: a Textbook with Adapted Readings: First Edition. 2010 Philipos Petros Gile

Sociology is a human enterprise, one of the social sciences aiming to discover the basic structure of society, to identify and analyze the main forces that hold groups and society together or weaken them, and to learn what conditions transform social life and institutions. In this, sociology, like any pure or basic science, is a responsive, disciplined, intellectual quest for fundamental knowledge of the nature of issues around community, social systems and organizations. This interesting and racy book addresses the various traditional contents and aspects of sociology, provides a concise forum through which the vast array of knowledge can be accumulated by university students, instructors, leaders of learning and development organizations, policy makers, think tanks, donors, private companies, and many other audiences. The book presents the most comprehensive overview of modern sociology, making it a must have resource for libraries of all universities, colleges other level of schools and learning organizations anywhere.