Greatly increased coverage of globalization includes the following: New chapter on global inequality (Chapter 9) featuring major sections on global poverty and the global divide between the West and developing nations; Newly titled Chapter 16, "Globalization, the Environment, and Social Change," featuring expanded coverage of global issues, including global social movements, global social change, the impact of globalization on the environment, and a social policy section on transnationals; New sections on thinking globally (Chapter 1), transnational crime (7), the impact of global immigration (10), a new policy section on offshoring service jobs (14), a new "Sociology in the Global Community" box on the global response to the 2004 tsunami (1), and more; New "Sociology's Global View" map on the inside front cover that highlights globalization coverage in the new edition.
Five new "Social Policy" sections on the following topics: "The Death
Penalty in the United States and Worldwide," (Chapter 7); "Universal Human
Rights" (9); "Global Immigration" (10); "Global Offshoring," (14); and "Transnationals" (16)
Twenty-six new boxed sections, including the following: adolescent sexual
networks (Chapter 5), road rage (7), social class and financial aid (8), the
contrast between Appalachian poverty and Congolese affluence (8), arranged
marriage (9), and Islam in the United States (13).
Eight new chapter-opening excerpts, drawn from sociological writing to
convey the excitement and relevance of sociological inquiry: Paradise
Laborers: Hotel Work in the Global Economy by Patricia A. Adler and Peter
Adler (Chapter 2); Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New
Consumer by Juliet B. Schor (3); Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net
Generation (6); The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler (8);
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ally McBeal, and Arranged Marriages: Globalization on
the Ground in India, by Steve Derné (9); Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up
Iranian in America and America in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni (11); Unequal
Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau (12); and Ruling
the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the
Internet by Debora L. Spar (16)
New Self-Quizzes at the end of each chapter that allow students to test their comprehension and retention of key concepts. Answers to the questions are
presented at the end of each quiz.
New Audio Abridgement CD Set for Study and Review an abridged,
spoken version of the text that helps students review core information. Developed
with today's multitasking students and instructors in mind, this "book on tape" is
designed to serve as a tool for review while commuting, working out, or just
sitting down to study. Each chapter runs approx. 15 minutes and focuses on key
chapter concepts. The chapter summaries from the text served as the
framework for this abridgement. This six-CD set is free with every new copy of
the text.
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