Sociology: A Global Introduction, 4th edition
By John Macionis and Ken Plummer
July 2008
Pearson Education
Distrubuted by Trans-Atlantic Publications Inc.
ISBN: 9780132051583
1000 pages, Illustrated
$87.50 Paper Original
Description
Sociology: A Global Introduction, with its international outlook and cultural diversity,represents a unique and complete learning resource for sociology students worldwide. Each chapter addresses a new change in society, and reveals how progress in society often comes at a price. This text has been fully updated to include the latest key debates, topics and data, and also highlights the importance of technology in contemporary social life.
Features
- A range of in-text features encourages students to identify core themes and theories, critique arguments, compare and contrast, and investigate further
- The Sociology E-Lab for each chapter provides guidance on websites to investigate, DVDs to watch, further reading, the big debates in sociology and questions to ask
- Part 6 The Sociology Resource brings together key words, video lists, a major webliography, reading lists, YouTube and key organisations. It provides a key resource in itself for further investigation
- Art and Sociology: Major works of art open each chapter and questions are suggested for discussion
- Extensive Website Resources- for lecturer and students – link to, and extend, the book resources
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