"Sociology is the scientific study of human life, social groups, whole societies and the human world as such. It is a dazzling and compelling enterprise, as its subject-matter is our own behaviour as social beings. The scope of sociology is extremely wide, ranging from the analysis of passing encount"
"Most of us see the world in terms of the familiar features of our own lives -family, friendships and work. But sociology demonstrates the need to take a much broader view of our own lives in order to explain why we act as we do."
"Gettng together with friends for coffee is part of a social ritual"
"Our activities both structure- give ght shape to-the social world around us and, at ut the same time, are structured by that social gy. world."
"The concept of social structure is an Important one In sociology, it refers to the fact that the social contexts of our lives do not consist of random assortments of events or actions; they are structured, or patterned, in distinct ways. There are regularities in the ways we behave and in the relati"
"We need theories to help us make sense of the many facts that we find. Contrary to popular assertion, facts do not speak for themselves."