SOCIOLOGY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, Ninth Edition, is a brief introduction to sociology text that applies and relates key sociological concepts and theories to the forces of globalization-forces shaping virtually every aspect of daily life. Some of the forces discussed in this edition include social robotics (covered in the theory/methods chapter), social relationships in the digital age (covered in the social interaction chapter), mass surveillance (covered in the deviance chapter) and the industrial food system (covered in the organization chapter).