Extensive coverage of globalization is integrated throughout the text, in Sociology in the Global Community boxes, Social Policy sections, and innovative maps and topics. The inside cover also includes a revised map, Sociology’s Global View, that links key passages on global issues within the text to the relevant countries on the map.
Social Policy sections at the end of each chapter provide a sociological perspective on contemporary social issues and help students to think like sociologists. The sections include discussion questions and a Getting Involved feature, which refers students to related material on the website and encourages them to become active in the debate.
Summing Up tables throughout pull together coverage of the major theoretical perspectives so that students can more easily grasp and compare the theories and concepts covered in the text.
A unique Mass Media chapter presents this important topic in today's society, showing students how to analyze the messages they receive from the media with a sociological imagination.
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