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Cover of Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World, Comprehensive Edition  v3.0
Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World, Comprehensive Edition v3.0
By: 
Published: 
January 2021
Discipline: 
Sociology Textbooks
ISBN (Digital): 
978-1-4533-3539-0

Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World, Comprehensive Edition presents a sociological understanding of society while emphasizing the relevance of sociological knowledge and insights for changing society. It encourages students to make a positive difference in the world around them by developing their sociological imaginations

New in This Version

Chapter 1
2020 polling data, updated data on suicide, unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic

Chapter 2
Pandemic behavior and opinions; neighborhood influences on obesity; using age and COVID-19 to illustrate the difference between the independent variable and dependent variable

Chapter 3
Traditional cattle ritual in India and American individualism; COVID-19 behaviors

Chapter 4
Threats to a Muslim community center; watching television and the relationship between religiosity and belief in legal abortion; coverage of children’s well-being

Chapter 5
The first Black woman to play Batwoman; violating additional role expectations during the coronavirus pandemic; impression management and job interviewing

Chapter 6
Teenagers’ acts of racist vandalism; regional incarceration and the influence of social backgrounds for ending up in coercive organizations; groupthink and wearing face masks; gender and race/ethnicity in regards to imprisonment; new discussion of Black Lives Matter as an example of groups working for social change

Chapter 7
Robbery and the elderly; fear of crime; crime and victimization; new discussion of population density, crime rates, and COVID-19 rates 

Chapter 8
Effects of the 2020 pandemic on low-income Americans; income and poverty data

Chapter 9
Effects of the 2020 pandemic on the world’s poor, global poverty and inequality; the consequences of the global pandemic for malnutrition

Chapter 10
Nationwide protests after police killing of George Floyd; the severe impact of the coronavirus pandemic on people of color; new racial and ethnic data throughout; mass media portrayal of people of color; racial bias in the treatment of African Americans with COVID-19 symptoms; the hidden toll of racial and ethnic inequality on the health, including evidence that the presidency of Donald Trump has impaired the health of people of color; how structural racism helps explain the higher COVID-19 infection and death rates for African Americans and Latinx

Chapter 11
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and slurs about women; updated data on LGBTQ population; updated gender data; women’s traditional gender roles and the Bible; women’s caregiving responsibilities and the gender pay gap; new section on gender inequality amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Chapter 12
Senior citizens and volunteer work; data on aging; older Americans and social media during the pandemic; higher COVID-19 death rates for older Americans; nursing homes’ carelessness during the coronavirus pandemic; food security among older Americans; and reducing ageism and helping older Americans 

Chapter 13
Effects of losing federal unemployment benefits; work and labor data; low-wage workers and the coronavirus pandemic; bloated military spending

Chapter 14
Voting and the coronavirus pandemic; updated voting and other political data

Chapter 15
Increased domestic violence because of the coronavirus pandemic; family data; parenting and childcare during the pandemic; cohabitation; effects of divorce on children; same-sex marriage; childcare and housework during the pandemic; increased intimate partner violence during the pandemic; dating violence in college and high school; child abuse and the pandemic

Chapter 16
Ventilation problems in public schools; education data; low-income secondary school students’ challenged during the coronavirus pandemic; racial/ethnic gap in educational attainment; comparisons to Finland; school choice; social class and race in college admissions; problems experienced by low-income college students during the pandemic

Chapter 17
Religious Americans’ beliefs about COVID-19; updated religion and religiosity data

Chapter 18
Disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on low-income people and people of color; health and health care data; annual household income and self-reported health; American diets and risk for COVID-19; racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infections and deaths; the high cost of U.S. health care

Chapter 19
Shrinking cities; population data; the pandemic’s effects on birth and immigration rates; urban life as a risk factor for coronavirus infections; immigration; limiting traffic and pollution in Europe

Chapter 20
Climate change’s effects on infectious disease; environmental problems data; air pollution and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic; overall impacts of climate change

Chapter 21
Black Lives Matter protests


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