Includes index.

Contents: What is Sociology?: The Sociology perspective -- What do Sociologists do? -- The Individual, social groups and society: Culture -- Socialization -- Social structure and social interaction -- Social inequality: Social inequality: Global and national perspectives -- Inequalities of Gender -- Inequalities of race and ethnicity -- Inequalities of age -- Social Institutions: Bureaucracy and formal organizations -- The Economy: money and work -- Politics : power and authority -- The Family: initiation into society -- Education and religion -- Medicine: health and illness in Canada -- Social Change: Crime and social deviance -- Population, urbanization and the environment -- Social movements and social change.