Encourages development of sociological imagination (thinking and using tools like a sociologist) in a global context. Comprehensive and research-based. Four important features: With Sociological Imagination provides in-depth analysis of a sociological ideas; Cohesion, Conflict and Meaning compares and contrasts the three primary theoretical viewpoints (structural-functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism); Social Diversity examines issues as they apply to a multicultural America; and In Global Perspective applies sociological ideas to global issues. Internet exercises conclude each chapter.
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