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Sociology: The Core, 7/e

Michael Hughes, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Carolyn J. Kroehler

Feature Summary

Sociology: The Core presents the core concepts of sociology in a brief, accessible, and inexpensive format--one of the best textbook values available to students taking introductory sociology.
Effective pedagogical aids include chapter outlines, in-text key terms in boldface, figures and tables, photos and cartoons, four categories of boxes, and discussion questions at the end of each box. End-of-chapter aids include chapter summaries tied directly to the major headings in the chapter, chapter glossaries, review questions, and an Internet exercise.
Social Inequalities boxes (new box category) explore inequalities of race, ethnicity, class, or gender from a sociological perspective. Topics include race, crime, and punishment; geographical variation in gender inequality; same-sex marriage; affirmative action; disenfranchisement; and unequal childhoods.
Sociology around the World boxes present sociological research that extends beyond the United States, research done with subjects from outside the United States, cross-cultural sociological research, and illustrations of sociological concepts in a variety of cultural settings-adding a global perspective to the chapter topics.
Doing Social Research boxes help students see how social scientists explore the topics under discussion in various chapters. They include a study of conformity through "reality" TV, an exploration of the use of poor immigrant women to care for U.S. children, and a search for an explanation for binge drinking among college students.
Students Doing Sociology boxes summarize the experiences of students who were asked to think like sociologists: to interpret certain events with sociological concepts and principles or to perform sociological research.
Using the registration code card packaged in the textbook, students can access PowerWeb for course-specific, peer-reviewed articles from the scholarly and popular press, as well as study tools and weekly news updates.

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