Steven E. Barkan

Steven Vago

In the 11th edition of Law and Society, Steven E. Barkan preserves Dr. Vago’s voice while making this classic text more accessible for today’s students. Each chapter now includes an outline, learning objectives, key terms, and chapter summaries. A new epilogue chapter examines law and inequality in the United States as it moves into the third decade of this century. The 11th edition reflects new developments in law and society literature as well as recent real-life events with legal relevance for the United States and other nations. Law and Society is for one-semester undergraduate courses in Law and Society, Sociology of Law, Introduction to Law, and a variety of criminal justice courses offered in departments of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Political Science.

Law and Society

Adie Nelson

The Fourth Edition provides a clear and timely analysis of the major theoretical perspectives, sources, processes, patterns and consequences of social change. Offers a penetrating analysis of the sociological aspects of globalization in the context of the social change literature. Includes an extensive discussion of the dynamic social forces facilitating market transition in the former Soviet Union and Eastern bloc countries. Expands coverage of the growing social and economic costs of environmental degradation. For professionals in varying sociological fields.

Steven Vago

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