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Essentials of Sociology 7th Edition by Anthony Giddens, ISBN-13: 978-0393674088
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- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Seventh edition (July 1, 2019)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0393674088
- ISBN-13: 978-0393674088
Demonstrate the power of sociology for understanding today―and preparing for tomorrow.
New race, ethnicity, and racism coverage
A critical and challenging topic, this thoughtfully revised chapter helps students make sense of one of the most important issues of our time. For this edition, sociologist Alondra Nelson—widely recognized for her work at the intersection of racial inequality and public policy—created the blueprint for the chapter revision. It explores race and ethnicity as social concepts, structural racism and its effects, and continuing efforts to combat discrimination. Drawing on new research and the up-to-date case studies, the chapter offers new coverage of important issues and problems, including institutional racism and the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.
Engages students in applying sociology
With increasing polarization and rapid social change, thinking critically about our social world is more important than ever. Chapter openers use recent news stories to illustrate sociological concepts and help students understand the deep connections between personal events and larger social forces. Applying Sociology tables in every chapter reveal how concepts and theories are relevant to real-life issues. New topical coverage includes sociological examinations of the unequal effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, an aging global population, crime and policing, stratification and inequality, social determinates of heath, and work and economic life.
Learning tools that support understanding and skill building
The new Norton Illumine Ebook helps to ensure students read and understand important concepts, theories, and research. It includes Check Your Understanding questions that offer answer-specific feedback, new Dynamic Data figures that help build data literacy skills, and new Employing Your Sociological Imagination interactive activities that challenge students to apply sociological skills. The popular Globalization by the Numbers animations are now integrated in the Illumine Ebook, and each one is accompanied by a Check Your Understanding question that helps students understand the story behind the numbers. InQuizitive furthers the formative learning experience, providing additional opportunities for students to hone their sociological skills.
Helps students see the big picture
Using an inquiry-based approach with chapters organized around “Big Questions,” Essentials of Sociology helps students focus on key concepts. Employing Your Sociological Imagination features and accompanying interactives reveal how insights from sociology can guide students in their professional careers. Globalization by the Numbers infographics in each chapter illuminate fascinating comparisons between U.S. society and those of other nations around the world.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Sociology: Theory and Method
Chapter 2. Culture and Society
Chapter 3. Socialization, the Life Course, and Aging
Chapter 4. Social Interaction and Everyday Life
Chapter 5. Networks, Groups, and Organizations
Chapter 6. Deviance, Crime, and Punishment
Chapter 7. Stratification, Class, and Inequality
Chapter 8. Global Inequality
Chapter 9. Inequality on the Basis of Gender and Sexuality
Chapter 10. Race, Ethnicity, and Racism
Chapter 11. Families and Intimate Relationships
Chapter 12. Education and Religion
Chapter 13. Politics and Economic Life
Chapter 14. Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Medicine
Chapter 15. Urbanization, Populations, and the Environment
Chapter 16. Globalization in a Changing World
Mitchell Duneier is an award-winning urban ethnographer at Princeton University and the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is most famous for his book Sidewalk, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Duneier’s research focuses on the urban poor and other groups at the margins of society. His latest book, Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea, traces the changing meaning of the ghetto and was named one of the best books of 2016 by the New York Times.
Richard P. Appelbaum, Distinguished Research Professor and former MacArthur Chair, Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has won several awards for his teaching and works mainly on globalization and labor issues. Appelbaum is the coauthor of Behind the Label and coeditor of Critical Globalization Studies and Achieving Workers’ Rights in the Global Economy.
Deborah Carr is professor of sociology at Boston University. Her research interests include aging and the life course, psychosocial influences on health over the life course, and end-of-life issues. She teaches courses on research methods, medical sociology, aging and the life course, social psychology, social demography, sociology of the family, death and dying, and gender. Professor Carr is currently the editor in chief of Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences and also serves as chair of the Board of Overseers of the General Social Survey and co-investigator on the Midlife Development in the United States and Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. She also writes a monthly blog, “Bouncing Back,” for Psychology Today.
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