Publisher's Synopsis
"Essentials of Sociology, adapted from Ritzer's Introduction to Sociology, Fifth Edition, provides the same rock-solid foundation in a shorter and more streamlined format. Like the original Ritzer text, Essentials of Sociology illuminates traditional sociological concepts and theories, while also focusing on central concerns of contemporary sociologists: globalization, consumption, and the digital world. Ritzer Essentials has fewer text boxes, covers fewer specialized theories, combines theories/methods into a single chapter, covers U.S. and global stratification in a single chapter, and has one additional combined chapter (Education and Religion) in the "Institutions" section of the book"--.
