Multimedia version of Kendall's Social Problems in a Diverse Society in a briefer, less expensive, black and white format with a PIN-coded website rich with additional chapters and instructional aids. This unique interactive version of the book comes packaged with PIN-coded access to a companion website. The website will offer additional chapters that can be downloaded, more first person accounts or "Lived Experiences," an image gallery, Weblinks, and video. Other features of the book remain the same, such as the balanced, positive approach that is inclusive of the issues of race, class, and gender and an emphasis on technology and the media. This unique multimedia package is the ideal choice for a professor who wants to incorporate technology into the Social Problems classroom.

Designed for courses in Social Problems at both the university and college level. The Canadian edition of Social Problems in a Diverse Society focuses on the significance of ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, class, and gender in understanding social problems, both in Canada and around the globe. Throughout the text, people especially those from marginalized groups are shown not merely as "victims" of social problems, but as individuals who resist discrimination and inequality and seek to bring about change in families, schools, workplaces, and the larger society. Four primary sociological perspectives (interactionist, functionalist, conflict and feminist) are presented in an inclusive manner within each chapter. Kendall, Nygaard and Thompson, invite students to analyze how social policy reflects the various interests and values of the parties involved.

The fourth Canadian edition of Social Problems in a Diverse Society focuses on the significance of racialization and ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, class, ability, and gender in understanding social problems in Canada and around the globe. Throughout the text, people - especially those from marginalized groups—are shown not merely as "victims" of social problems, but also as individual actors with agency who resist discrimination and inequality and seek to bring about change in families, schools, workplaces, and the larger society.