Sociology: a brief introduction invites students to take sociology with them in their daily lives. This successful student-friendly book includes strong coverage of race, ethnicity, and globalisation. The thirteenth edition bridges the essential sociological theories, research, and concepts and the everyday realities we all experience. The approachable material encourages students to develop their sociological imaginations and start to think like a sociologist. salient features: 1) reflects new research findings, updated statistics, and hot topics and issues, based on student performance data 2) major sections on gender identity under social epidemiology and health, artificial intelligence and its effects on society 3) extensive discussions on latest issues such as Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, role of humor in social interaction, use of sociological data to help the children of incarcerated adults, etc. 4) enhanced and updated coverage on topics like aftermath of hurricanes and other natural disasters, the digital divide, lgbqt student subcultures, and race and pollution 5) numerous revised and updated pedagogical features, namely research today, taking sociology to work, sociology on campus, key terms, etc. 6) rich pool of instructor resources.