The highly anticipated fourth edition of Introducing Sociology: A Critical Approach presents the basic concepts and language of sociology in a concise, accessible manner, while providing a critical overview of the development of sociological theory. Introducing Sociology offers a departurefrom standardized sociology texts with its innovative critical perspective. With topics such as 'biology and culture', and 'science, theory, and the origins of sociology', the text allows students to explore the nature of sociological analysis through a fresh perspective that encourages independentthought. Building on the strengths of its predecessors, the new fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include new data, a research-oriented appendix, and two new chapters: Sex and Gender, and Men and Masculinities.

Murray Knuttila teaches in the Department of Sociology and Social Studies at the University of Regina where he is also Dean of Arts. His biography, That Man Partridge: E.A. Partridge, His Thoughts and Times tells the story of an important figure in Canadian history. He is also the author of Introducing Sociology; A Critical Perspective and numerous articles on the state in capitalist society and on the historical role of the state in structuring Western Canadian society.

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