Still the most comprehensive and reader-friendly Canadian introduction to sociological theory and issues available, this highly anticipated third edition will encourage students to identify and analyze how sociology intersects with their own lives. With chapters contributed by over 30 renownedCanadian sociologists writing in their areas of expertise, this book offers extensive Canadian and international examples and a unified voice throughout. Incisive, authoritative, and accessible, Sociology: A Canadian Perspective, third edition, offers an engaging and in-depth introduction to thisfascinating discipline.

Lorne Tepperman is a professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Sociology. He served as chair of the Department of Sociology between 1997–2003 and has authored and co-authored on topics that include social mobility, crime and deviance, gender, family, and Social Problems. He has given talks around the world on the power of social science and has won recognition for his skills in teaching.

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Patrizia Albanese is a professor at Ryerson University and past-president of the Canadian Sociology Association. She is co-author of Youth & Society (2011) and More Than It Seems (2010); author of Children in Canada Today (2016) and Child Poverty in Canada (2010); and co-editor of Sociology (2016). She has done research on child care in Canada and youth in CAF families.

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