This textbook helps nursing students understand why sociology is relevant and important to them, and how they can actually use it as nurses to understand real situations and improve care.

An undergraduate introduction to both classical and contemporary social theory.

A revised and updated edition of this accessible yet provocative survey of contemporary social and sociological theories.

Continually praised for its conversational tone, personal examples, and helpful pedagogical tools, this book is organized around the modern ideas of progress, knowledge, and democracy.