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This book contains a number of sociological essays, namely twenty-one. The diversity of the topics involved (religious; economic; political; military; linguistic; ecological; medical and historical aspects of social issues in general) should come interesting and accordingly, the work should appeal to a really wide range of social science readers. As a matter fact, this book of social affairs may even be considered a good and demonstrating example of the today-attained scientific level, in terms of the variety of the special branches (disciplines) of Sociology.

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Assoc. Prof. Sinan €aya, Ph.D., gave the graduate courses of Essential Sociology for the Marine Administrator at Istanbul University, for four years & Environmental Sociology at Bogazi‡i University, for two years. Presently; he is teaching Economic Sociology at Marmara University & Sociology of Health at Istinye University, in Istanbul.

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