Sociology: Global and Southern African Perspectives is aimed at undergraduate students in South African higher education institutions and is the first southern African edition of the well-established United States text Sociology (17th edition) by J.J. Macionis. Written by sociologists and academics located at universities and research institutions across South Africa, Sociology: Global and Southern African Perspectives
is a theoretically informed and research-driven text that discusses classical sociological theories and decolonial theories, as well as providing extensive data, case studies and examples.
Sociology: Global and Southern African Perspectives introduces the key themes, concepts and debates in sociology, and shows how the discipline can assist readers to analyse South African society in an increasingly globalised world.