From its first edition in 1979 Perspectives in Sociology has provided generations of undergraduates with a clear reassuring introduction to the complications of sociological theory. This revised & updated edition

Features: a concise introduction to the major debates of the twentieth century placing them in historical & philosophical context information on thinkers of the nineteenth & early twentieth century whose relevance to modern social thought is only now being recognized e.g. Nietszche Saussure Simmel connections drawn between post-structuralist thinkers like Foucault & Derrida & the founding figures of sociology: Marx Weber & Durkheim a completely rewritten chapter on the Synthesisers
- Bourdieu Habermas & Giddens
- & their attempts to generate a consensus from the apparently conflicting theories of their predecessors a new chapter reviewing the rise of British sociology with particular reference to the political context & the changing role of class in sociological thinking a new chapter describing the attempts of sociological theorists to explain current concerns problems & issues in the areas of gender (homo)sexuality & ethnicity in the context of the postcolonial world. While retaining its emphasis & wealth of information on the founding figures of sociology this fifth edition now features a new easy-to-read format (with particular attention paid to the linking & cross-referencing of chapters) &

Includes:: much new material on contemporary social theory with particular reference to its attempts to tackle current problems & issues in the areas of gender sexuality & ethnicity in the postcolonial context.





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What does persuasion mean
- a firm belief or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen's
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At twenty-seven Anne Elliot is no longer young & has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austens last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis & Bath Persuasion" is a brilliant satire of vanity & pretension but above all it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities." ...

Her last completed novel marrying witty social realism to a Cinderella love story Jane Austens Persuasion" is edited with an introduction by Gillian Beer in " Penguin Classics". Anne Elliot twenty-seven & still single seems destined for spinsterhood. In her youth she broke off an engagement to penniless Captain Wentworth at the insistence of her friend Lady Russell acquiescing to the demands of her class at the expense of her happiness. But when Wentworth returns from the Napoleonic wars rich & famous Anne finds her affection rekindled
- even though Wentworth seems more interested in Annes friend Louisa Musgrove. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis & Bath " Persuasion" is a brilliant satire of vanity & pretension but above all it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. In her introduction Gillian Beer discusses Austens portrayal of the double-edged nature of persuasion & the clash between old & new worlds. This edition also

Includes:: a new chronology & full textual notes. Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literatures most famous women writers. Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work " Pride & Prejudice" at the age of 22. She was the author of " Sense & Sensibility" " Pride & Prejudice" " Emma" " Persuasion" " Mansfield Park" & " Northanger Abbey". If you liked " Persuasion" you may enjoy George Eliots " Middlemarch" also available in " Penguin Classics". " The most perfect artist among women the writer whose books are immortal". (Virginia Woolf)."


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The Penguin English Library Edition" of " Persuasion" by Jane Austen. ' Her attachment & regrets had for a long time clouded every enjoyment of youth; & an early loss of bloom & spirits had been their lasting effect'. " Persuasion" Jane Austen's last novel is a moving masterly & elegiac love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. It tells the story of Anne Elliot who persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he was not successful enough has never forgotten him. When he returns he brings with him a tantalizing second chance of happiness. " The Penguin English Library" contains 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War." ...

Effective advertising is almost always persuasive advertising. & while not all advertising seeks to persuade in a competitive situation those who best persuade are those most likely to win. This exciting new book seeks to explain the precise ways in which advertising successfully persuades consumers setting out the strategies for advertisers to adopt & illustrating the theories at work. Offering not only a conceptual & theoretical grounding in persuasive techniques Persuasion in Advertising also provides concrete empirical research that is uniquely incorporated into a marketing textbook format. The authors cover topics including: difficulties of persuasion rationality & emotion in persuasion positive reinforcement techniques & cognitive approaches to persuasion. To illuminate these theories the authors include original case-studies on campaigns as diverse as Death Cigarettes Mecca Cola The Oxo Family & Renault Clio as well as recent advertisements from BMW Mc Donalds Omega & Silk Cut. A genuinely fresh & accessible text on the art of persuasion in advertising this book is essential reading for all marketing students & academics. ...

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