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Content that helps students see sociology in everyday life

UPDATED! Power of Society figures present evidence of how society shapes our major life decisions. Located at the beginning of each chapter, they push students to question their belief in the importance of “personal choice.” These figures have been updated for the sixteenth edition, to better help students understand the power of society to shape people’s lives.
UPDATED! Seeing Sociology in Your Everyday Life essays show the “everyday life” relevance of sociology by explaining how the material in the chapter can empower students in their personal and professional lives. For the sixteenth edition, author John Macionis has revised these essays to make them more comprehensive.
NEW! Expanded coverage of social media reflects the fact that, more than ever before, contemporary social life revolves around computer-based technology that shapes networks and social movements.
UPDATED! The sixteenth edition has been revised to better focus on diversity and to more effectively highlight dimensions of social difference. The text offers expanded analysis of race, class, and gender throughout the text, including new scholarship. Other dimensions of difference that receive increased attention include transgender as well as disability issues. Boxed features highlight specific diversity issues, and Seeing Ourselves national maps show social patterns in terms of geography, highlighting rural-urban and regional differences.
UPDATED! The sixteenth edition includes the most recent data on income, wealth, poverty, education, employment, and other important issues. Coverage of political developments has also been brought also up-to-date, including the mid-2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extends legal same-sex marriage throughout the country.

A pedagogical structure and engaging design that fosters student success

REVISED! Learning objectives at the beginning of each major section guide students through their reading of the chapter. The learning objectives recur in the Making the Grade summary at each chapter’s end. The text’s learning objectives have been reorganized and streamlined for the sixteenth edition.
NEW! A fresh, clean design commands student interest and makes the sixteenth edition easier to read than any previous edition.
UPDATED! Sociology’s engaging photography and art program has been substantially revised and updated throughout the sixteenth edition, with all captions written by the author, to better engage students in the course.

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