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Sociology consists of a myriad of frequently confusing concepts. This book provides a comprehensive, lively and clearly-written guide to the most important concepts in the subject. It includes both what might be regarded as 'classic' sociological concepts, such as class, bureaucracy and community, as well as subjects that have become increasingly prominent in recent times, such as celebrity, risk and the body.

Police and young black people in Great-Britain
The problem of the relationships between the police and the ethnic minorities has not yet been solved. On the one hand, an excessive police surveillance has been observed towards these populations and on the other hand, racist attacks have been recorded. How does the police change in Great-Britain ? This paper attempts to answer this question on the basis of the analysis of a news item that happened in London, in 1999, and whose title in the newspaper was : "Manhunt after a new Lawrence case"