Exploring Sociology: A Canadian Perspective, 6th edition

Published by Pearson Canada (31 May 2025) © 2026

  • Bruce Ravelli University of Victoria
  • Michelle Webber Brock University

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Through its distinctive approach to the field, its readability, and its relevance to students' lives, Exploring Sociology: A Canadian Perspective helps professors develop the sociological imagination in their students by encouraging them to see sociology through multiple lenses. Topics are presented in ways that allow students to engage with the material and to exercise their sociological imaginations.

Table of contents

  1. Understanding the Sociological Imagination
  2. Classical Social Theories
  3. Contemporary Social Theories
  4. Research, Methodology, and Ethics
  5. Culture
  6. Socialization and Social Interaction
  7. Social Inequality
  8. Gender
  9. Sexualities
  10. Race and Racialization
  11. Families
  12. Education
  13. Religion
  14. Crime, Law, and Regulation
  15. Health, Aging, and Disabilities
  16. Work and the Political Economy
  17. Media
  18. Social Change, Collective Behaviour, and Social Movements
  19. Globalization
  20. Challenges to the Global Environment

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