Contemporary British Society

The combination of theoretical sophistication and up-to-dateempirical evidence makes this new edition of this highly successfultextbook valuable to students and their teachers alike. Professor Rosemary Crompton, City University

The first two editions have established this as clearly theoutstanding textbook on contemporary Britain. The third editionconsolidates and advances this reputation. This book is highlyreadable and comprehensive in its coverage, and it makes such widereference to recent research that it will be of interest not onlyto students but also to lecturers, researchers, and even thegeneral public. This is an exemplary textbook in every respect. Professor Mike Savage, Department of Sociology, ManchesterUniversity

This is an admirable introduction to sociology and theunderstanding of contemporary British society. The authors havemaintained the clarity and incisiveness of earlier editions whilesubstantially revising the content. It provides a comprehensivecoverage of developments in sociology and society over the lastdecade. Stephen Hill, Professor of Sociology, London School ofEconomics

Now in its 3rd edition, Contemporary British Society isstarting to take-on the appearance of a standard A-level textbook,with many of the major specification areas now covered. The focus,however, is less upon superficial coverage of numerous topics andmore upon the comprehensive coverage of a range of significantaspects of each specification area, written by a specialist in eachfield ... the book contains a mass of illustrative material(tables, diagrams, box-outs) that lightens the text and providespotentially useful interpretive material for teachers. Sociology Central

As cogent and accessible an account of the social structure ofa particular modern society as could be required. Times HigherEducation Supplement