Sociology: A Brief Introduction + CONNECT w/eText
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Sociology: A Brief Introduction provides students with a comprehensive, up-to-date presentation of sociology. Students learn to think critically about society and their own lives from a wide range of classical and contemporary perspectives. The text combines balanced coverage of theory, current research findings, and examples that are relevant to students and to encourage the development of the sociological imagination.
Readability, effective pedagogy, distinctive Social Policy sections, and a full chapter on research are hallmark features of this introductory text. A new "Thinking about Movies" feature and almost all new chapter opening vignettes are just a couple of the features new to this edition.
Connect - Your Study and Testing Program with e-book - is included with each new copy of the text. For more information, go to www.mcgrawhillconnect.ca
Chapter 1 – Understanding Sociology
Chapter 2 – Sociological Research
Chapter 3 – Culture
Chapter 4 – Socialization
Chapter 5 – Social Interaction, Groups, and Social Structure
Chapter 6 – The Mass Media
Chapter 7 – Deviance and Social Control
Chapter 8 – Stratification in Canada
Chapter 9 – Global Inequality
Chapter 10 – Racial and Ethnic Inequality
Chapter 11 – Gender Relations
Chapter 12 – Families and Intimate Relationships
Chapter 13 – Religion and Education
Chapter 14 – Politics and the Economy
Chapter 15 – Population, Health, and Communities
Chapter 16 – Globalization, the Environment, and Social Change
New to this Edition
NEW! Thinking About Movies Each chapter concludes with a set of exercises that encourages students to look at movies from a sociological perspective. Two films are featured in each of these sections. A brief description of each, designed to interest readers in the film, is followed by two application questions.
NEW! Interior Design The interior of the text has been redesigned to make it easier for students to follow and more visually appealing.
NEW! Opening Vignettes Chapter-opening excerpts convey the excitement and relevance of sociological inquiry by means of lively excerpts from the writings of sociologists and others who explore sociological topics. Fifteen are new to this edition, including selections on: teen slang, what your car says about you and the spending gap between the rich and the poor.
NEW! CONNECT Access to our online teaching and learning platform, Connect, will be included with each copy of Sociology: A Brief Introduction. Connect is an easy to use one-stop-shop for all text supplements, including access to videos, instructor's resources, and student self-study activities.
Retained Features
Use Your Sociological Imagination: Use Your Sociological Imagination sections within each chapter pose questions designed to stimulate students' sociological imagination and help them connect major concepts and issues to their own lives. Students can respond to the questions in these selections in Connect (www.mcgrawhillconnect.ca).
Social Policy Sections: The Social Policy sections, highly praised by reviewers of this text, provide a sociological perspective on contemporary social issues, such as studying human sexuality, multiculturalism, and social inequality. Providing a global view of the issues, these sections are organized around a consistent heading structure and include Applying Theory questions designed to stimulate critical thinking about the issues being explored.
Mass Media Chapter: Every year mass media is evolving to become a more powerful influencer on our cultural and individual identities. While all intro books cover mass media in boxes throughout certain chapters, a new trend is to analyze the media's affect on society using all four sociological perspectives. Recognizing this trend our authors determined media has become such a big part of daily life it now deserves its own chapter.
Sociology in the Global Community: The Sociology in the Global Community boxes provide a global perspective on topics such as popular culture and globalization, The Muslim head scarf and veil, and the "One Laptop per Child" initiative. They also feature Applying Theory questions. Four boxes are completely new to the fourth Canadian Edition of Sociology: A Brief Introduction.
NEW! Thinking About Movies Each chapter concludes with a set of exercises that encourages students to look at movies from a sociological perspective. Two films are featured in each of these sections. A brief description of each, designed to interest readers in the film, is followed by two application questions.
NEW! Interior Design The interior of the text has been redesigned to make it easier for students to follow and more visually appealing.
NEW! Opening Vignettes Chapter-opening excerpts convey the excitement and relevance of sociological inquiry by means of lively excerpts from the writings of sociologists and others who explore sociological topics. Fifteen are new to this edition, including selections on: teen slang, what your car says about you and the spending gap between the rich and the poor.
NEW! CONNECT Access to our online teaching and learning platform, Connect, will be included with each copy of Sociology: A Brief Introduction. Connect is an easy to use one-stop-shop for all text supplements, including access to videos, instructor's resources, and student self-study activities.
Retained Features
Use Your Sociological Imagination: Use Your Sociological Imagination sections within each chapter pose questions designed to stimulate students' sociological imagination and help them connect major concepts and issues to their own lives. Students can respond to the questions in these selections in Connect (www.mcgrawhillconnect.ca).
Social Policy Sections: The Social Policy sections, highly praised by reviewers of this text, provide a sociological perspective on contemporary social issues, such as studying human sexuality, multiculturalism, and social inequality. Providing a global view of the issues, these sections are organized around a consistent heading structure and include Applying Theory questions designed to stimulate critical thinking about the issues being explored.
Mass Media Chapter: Every year mass media is evolving to become a more powerful influencer on our cultural and individual identities. While all intro books cover mass media in boxes throughout certain chapters, a new trend is to analyze the media's affect on society using all four sociological perspectives. Recognizing this trend our authors determined media has become such a big part of daily life it now deserves its own chapter.
Sociology in the Global Community: The Sociology in the Global Community boxes provide a global perspective on topics such as popular culture and globalization, The Muslim head scarf and veil, and the "One Laptop per Child" initiative. They also feature Applying Theory questions. Four boxes are completely new to the fourth Canadian Edition of Sociology: A Brief Introduction.
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