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New Zealand society: A sociological introduction
New Zealand society A sociological introduction Author:Paul Spoonley, David Pearson New Zealand Society introduces the reader to a sociological understanding of contemporary New Zealand society. Sociology is a discipline which offers new and critical insights on the way in which society works. It provides an exciting area of study, and the best of New Zealand sociology is provided here as specialist contributors discuss their ... more »particular areas of interest: family, community, urban, rural, class, racism and ethnicity, gender, the state, social policy, health, education, politics, mass media, crime, deviance and punishment, work, leisure and recreation, art and ideology and population. This new edition is based on a very successful first edition and the earlier and equally successful New Zealand Sociological Perspectives (1982). It covers all major areas and issues of contemporary society in a easily understood style.« less