Sociology: A Global Perspective, Enhanced

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Cengage Learning, Jan 1, 2010 - Science - 592 pages
SOCIOLOGY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, Enhanced Seventh Edition, is a brief introduction to sociology paperback text that uses sociological concepts and theories to analyze the most compelling and significant issues of our day, which happen to be global. Issues covered include the proposed and exiting border fences that separate Mexico from the United States, the disparities between the world’s richest and poorest countries, the century-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict, McDonaldization, and the planet’s dependence on fossil fuels This approach demonstrates sociology’s analytical power for thinking about personal, local, national, but especially global issues and events. The enhanced seventh edition has been substantially updated to reflect the current global economic crisis.
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About the author (2010)

Joan Ferrante is Professor of Sociology at Northern Kentucky University and author of Sociology: A Global Perspective, 9th Edition and co-editor of The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity in the United States. She received her PhD from the University of Cincinnati.

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