{"product_id":"social-sciences-kath-woodward-9780367522377","title":"Social Sciences: The Big Issues","description":"\u003cp\u003eFully revised and updated, the fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eSocial Sciences: The Big Issues\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Big Issues\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA few of the new big issues covered in this edition include: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanging selves and personal lives in light of racism and sexual and identity politics in a pandemic\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanging patterns of consumption in relation to market production and what it means for climate change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanging intersections of citizenship, migration and globalization in the context of the virus crossing borders, and both the opportunities and sources of inequality involved\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanging ideas about power, politics and populism in the aftermath of Brexit\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding 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\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a clear, accessible introduction to the ideas and approaches of the social sciences across a range of disciplines, including sociology, psychology and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kath Woodward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367522373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367522377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Kath Woodward","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43945034678527,"sku":"9780367522377","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6985b761-b41f-49a1-a9b2-43d7f5aad487.jpg?v=1681506399","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-sciences-kath-woodward-9780367522377","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}