With 11 new articles and expanded coverage on race and inequality, the Fifth Edition of Readings for Sociology provides students with engaging selections that reveal the complexities of our social world and help students think sociologically. New selections include articles by William Julius Williams, Mary C. Waters, Anthony Walton, Michael Burawoy, Russell Shorto, and Michael Messner, as well as new articles on globalization by James Watson, Robert Glennon, Robert Inglehart and Wayne Baker, and Paul Wapner. In addition, a wide range of classic essays by C. Wright Mills, Karl Marx, Max Weber, and others make Readings for Sociology a comprehensive and balanced supplement to the introductory course.

Readings for Sociology provides students with engaging selections that reveal the complexities of our social world and offer insights into sociological analysis. With over 20% of the selections new to the book, Readings for Sociology includes work from popular and academic journals as well as lively book excerpts. While Readings for Sociology is comprehensive in its scope, offering a wide range of selections on the standard topics in the introductory course, the new edition features several essays on the sociology of food and the environment. The book also continues to emphasize coverage globalization; social inequality; and race, class, and gender.