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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. New to this edition:Fully updated to include the latest key debates, topics and data: conflicts throughout the world, the Muslim world, African poverty, and the role of China in the twenty first century. Also Hip Hop in Japan, Bollywood and the Harry Potter generation. New chapter on Disability and the Humanitarian Society Statistics and data are presented in more straightforward and easy-to-digest ways including figures, maps, and tables New Interlude sections integrate the chapter themes in each part through a specific focus: sport, food, global youth and biography. A range of in-text features encourages students to identify core themes and theories, critique arguments, compare and contrast, and investigate further - new boxes look at Life in the Twenty First Century and Public Sociology. Theory is more clearly delineated, and new coverage of major modern theorists such as Mary Douglas, Martha Nussbaum, Stan Cohen, Manuel Castells, Ulrich Bech and Donna Haraway is included. «
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