For more than thirty years, John’s books have been the most popular sociology texts because they engage students and empower them to become active and critical members of our society and of the world. Several current Macionis textbooks and electronic learning programs are described below.
Here is the 17 chapter paperback that covers all the basics in a student-friendly, low-cost format. This edition has been completely updated with all new data and 750 new research citations and two-thirds of these research citations are from 2020, 2021, and 2022. On currency, we’ve got your back! This is the title that thoroughly covers increasing economic inequality in the United States! It has a full chapter on Social Media. Available in rental print edition. Best version: Available with even more interactive learning in REVEL e-learning format that encourages “discovery learning.” Students can chose to supplement the Revel e-text with a 3-hole print copy for a few dollars more. If cost is your major criterion, this title is available in a low-cost (non-interactive) e-text. Please check it out!
Remember, I personally prepare all the content, including the assessment and Test Item File and Instructor’s Manual (and not some non-sociologist “vendor” as with all other titles). Maps (as well as figures and some simulations) are interactive, allowing you to compare two maps to see how one variable is linked to another or zoom in to your own local community to see data for your own county. This is the future: I am working diligently to increase the interactive opportunities for discovery learning in the new Revel titles.
Society: The Basics 16th edition offers an unsurpassed learning package to students and great support to my faculty colleagues. Please check it out!
Author’s note: Print, Rental, REVEL, and E-text copies available now.
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2024.
This is the new 18th edition of Sociology (2024), a 25 chapter full-coverage title for the same price as the brief book! This revision is completely updated. There is a full chapter on Social Media. Everything is updated, with information from more than 750 new sources (on average, 30 per chapter) and all 2,000+ statistical data are the latest available. Two-thirds of all citations in the revised edition are from 2020, 2021, and 2022. On currency, we’ve got you covered! There are many new and very cool videos. Best version: Available with even more interactive learning in REVEL e-learning format that encourages “discovery learning.” Students can chose to supplement the Revel e-text with a 3-hole print copy for a few dollars more. If cost is your major criterion, this title is available in a low-cost (non-interactive) e-text
Remember, I personally prepare all the content, including the assessment and Test Item File and Instructor’s Manual (we do not use some non-sociologist “vendor” as with all other titles). Maps (as well as figures and some simulations) are now interactive, allowing you to compare two maps to see how one variable is linked to another or zoom in to your own local community to see data for your own county. This is the future: I am working diligently to increase the interactive opportunities for discovery learning in the new Revel titles.
Sociology 18th edition offers an unsurpassed learning package to students and great support to my faculty colleagues. Please check it out!
Author’s note: Print, Rental, REVEL, and E-text copies available now.
Sociology remains the #1 best-seller among “full-size” texts.
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2024.
The new 9th edition will be available in early December, 2023 in time for Spring classes!
This is the new, extensively revised and updated 9th edition of the #1 best-seller for the social problems course. The revision is supported by 800 new research citations; and 75 percent of all citations are from 2020 to 2023.
Best version: Available in the completely revised and updated REVEL electronic format with interactive figures and maps that encourage “discovery learning.” Please note that this interactive REVEL version is economical, with a far lower cost than a print paperback published several years ago. Students choosing REVEL may add a 3-hole print copy to their digital subscription for only a couple of bucks! Another option is a low-cost, non-interactive E-text version of the title. Rental print books available as well.
This is the one and only social problems title using a social constructionist approach. This title applies not only sociological theory but also political analysis so students will understand how political point of view leads people to define certain issues as “problems” and specific policies as “solutions.” With the ability to explain how politics guides the construction of problems and policy solutions, students become active participants in the political debates that define our national and global life.
For a chapter by chapter list of updates and revisions in Social Problems, 9th Edition Click Here.