Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International Education
Level & Subject: Cambridge International AS & A Level Sociology
First teaching: September 2019 First examination: From 2021

The Student's Book provides up-to-date, in-depth and truly international coverage of the Cambridge International syllabus. It is written by a bestselling author team of experienced Sociology teachers, lecturers and examiners.

• Up-to-date and international: each chapter presents the latest research and theories, mapped to the Cambridge syllabus. Contemporary issues case studies from a whole range of different societies help students to apply sociological ideas to the world today.
• Support and challenge the full range of learners: the book offers the depth, detail and clarity that students need to analyse and evaluate at the highest levels, while regular Summary and Key terms boxes help consolidate understanding.
• Develop students' interpretation, application, analysis and evaluation skills with a range of activities ideal for classroom use, including exam-style questions and sample responses at different levels to show students how to improve.
• Bring students closer to the practice of sociology with the unique Now and then feature in which leading sociologists, from Paul Willis to Carol Smart, reassess landmark studies in their own words.
• Visually engaging: high-impact images with activities help students to visualise and apply sociological ideas and theories.
• Trusted author team - Michael Haralambos, Martin Holborn, Steven Chapman, Pauline Wilson, Laura Pountney and Michael Kirby are highly experienced teachers, trainers and examiners, and the authors of bestselling A Level Sociology textbooks.
• Supports teachers' planning with a free editable scheme of work, available on our website Collins.co.uk. This clearly maps content to the syllabus and summarises what is covered in each Part and Unit of the book.

About the Author
Michael Haralambos wrote the first two editions of Sociology Themes and Perspectives and contributed to later editions. Following the phenomenal success of the book he founded Causeway Press. He is an experienced author involved in writing and editing for Social Sciences. Martin Holborn is an experienced teacher and examiner of A Level, Access and degree-level Sociology, and the author of numerous social science books including co-authoring the last six editions of Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, which has been a bestseller internationally for many years. He is currently an Associate Lecturer in Social Science at The Open University. Pauline Wilson has wide-ranging experience of teaching GCSE, AS and A Level Sociology and has co-authored publications in the Collins AQA GCSE Sociology and Collins AQA A Level Sociology: Themes and Perspectives series. She has also worked as a post-doctoral researcher on projects within the field of the sociology of education. Steve Chapman is an experienced teacher, examiner and writer of resources for sociology A Level students. Formerly Head of Sociology at Notre Dame Sixth Form College in Leeds, Steve has recently written and series edited the Collins AQA A-level Sociology series in its fourth edition for Collins. Mike Kirby is an experienced teacher and examiner of A Level and degree-level Sociology. He is an experienced trainer and provider of teacher and student support materials, and the author of several social science books, including Sociology Explained.


Book Information
ISBN 9780008287627
Author Michael Haralambos
Format Paperback
Page Count 600
Imprint Collins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 1370g
Dimensions(mm) 265mm * 192mm * 26mm