Life and Society

Life and Society is a straight-forward, realistic examination of hard-core issues that affects the lives of students today. While thoroughly grounded in traditional principles and concepts, the text effectively addresses current social issues such as income inequality, social stratification, race relations, health disparities, and digital age functioning. The book includes relevant, everyday examples that illustrate complex sociological concepts. It enhances the reader's ability to understand real-world events within the context of social principles. Each chapter ends with a career focus to provide information about specific careers in sociology. Life and Society empowers students by cultivating innovative thinking. It explains the structural forces that influence life in the social world. Importantly, it provides access to knowledge intended to help students become future problem solvers. The book can be used in survey sociology courses and classes on social problems and economic sociology.