Sociology: Structure and Change, 1st Edition

This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes.

The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed. For courses in Introductory Sociology Help students see how their world shapes them and how they in turn can shape the world Sociology: Structure and Change focuses on the relationship between social structure and agency, teaching students how the social structure of society influences individual lives and how individuals can exert agency to influence the social world.

Throughout this fresh, contemporary approach to Introductory Sociology, author Jodie Lawston teaches students to become better sociological thinkers who can analyze how society shapes, molds, and has the power to influence people. Throughout each chapter, Lawston provides real-world examples of what others have done to engage in social change and then asks students to outline what they can do to become agents of change themselves.

By focusing on the related themes of social structure and agency, Sociology: Structure and Change arms students with the sense that they can and will have a positive influence on the world.

Book Details

• Author: Jodie M. Lawston
• Publisher: Pearson
• Edition: 1st Edition
• eBook ISBN: 9780135694169, 0135694167
• Print ISBN: 9780133842685, 0133842681
• Other ISBNs: 9780133909203