The Big Issues. Social Sciences The Big Issues third edition looks at what matters in terms of what is changing and what remains the same in contemporary life, bringing together personal concerns and social forces. Fully revised and updated, this book explores some of the debates about how we live our personal, domestic and emotional lives at a time of change and disruption, including economic crises and uncertainties. The issues covered include changing selves and personal lives the role of consumption and consumerism materialism and material culture as well as citizenship, migration and globalization as both opportunities and