Includes index.

Contents: The Sociological imagination -- Theoretical perspectives and methods of social research with emphasis on Mexico -- Culture with emphasis on South Korea -- Socialization with emphasis on Israel and West Bank and Gaza -- Social interaction and the social construction of reality with emphasis on the democratic Republic of the Congo -- Social organizations with emphasis on McDonald's a U.S. - based multinational corporation with operations in 121 countries -- Deviance, conformity and social control with emphasis on the people's republic of China -- Social stratification: with emphasis on South Africa -- Race and ethnicity: with emphasis on the U.S system of racial with ethnic classification and the consequences -- Gender: with emphasis on American Samoa -- Economic and politics -- Population and urbanization with emphasis on India -- Family and aging: with emphasis on public education in the United States -- Religion: with emphasis on the Islamic state of Afghanistan -- Social change: with emphasis on global interdependence.