Inside number 9: the evolution of a sociology textbook

In this feature essay, Phil Sutton takes readers inside the writing of the ninth edition of Polity’s flagship sociology textbook, Sociology, co-authored with Anthony Giddens. He discusses the evolution of the textbook to reflect the way sociology is practised and taught in 2021, the selection of new subjects and research methods to cover in the book and the process of revising and reviewing the content. Sociology (9th edition). Anthony Giddens and Philip W. Sutton. Polity. 2021.