Download or read book Sociology: A Very Short Introduction written by Steve Bruce and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2000-02-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, work in bureaucracies, and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's role in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the value of sociology as a perspective for understanding the modern world.