Our Social World
Introduction to Sociology
- Jeanne H. Ballantine - Wright State University, USA
- Keith A. Roberts - Hanover College
- Kathleen Odell Korgen - William Paterson University
The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop.
Our Social World: Introduction to Sociology inspires students to develop their sociological imaginations, to see the world and personal events from a new perspective, and to confront sociological issues on a day-to-day basis. Organized around the "Social World" model, a conceptual framework that demonstrates the relationships among individuals (the micro level); organizations, institutions, and subcultures (the meso level); and societies and global structures (the macro level), the authors use this framework to help students develop the practice of using three levels of analysis, and to view sociology as an integrated whole, rather than a set of discrete subjects.
The Seventh Edition includes new coverage of climate change, the influence of robots and artificial intelligence on workers, race relations in the Trump era, transgender identity and gender fluidity, sexual harassment in the workplace and the #MeToo movement, declining marriage rates, the impact of tracking for students at all academic achievement levels, smoking as an example of health and inequality in the U.S., gun violence and the student movement to control access to guns, social media, and Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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“A very well organized text that is appropriate for a range of students. The use of the Social World Model is unique and introduces the students to the various levels of analysis. These are ideas and concepts that they can take into other classes and use in their own lives as well. The deconstruction of the high level concepts and the way in which they are matched with real world events is wonderful and does not seem dated even though events change rapidly.”
“This book introduces sociology to students in an exciting, relevant way that makes it come alive for them. [It] helps them to relate the field of sociology to their lives in an understandable manner.”
“An excellent resource for anyone teaching an Introduction to Sociology course.”
“This text resonates with students who are new or returning students and those who are continuing their education.”
