New selections include articles by William Julius Williams, Mary C. Waters, Anthony Walton, Michael Burawoy, Russell Shorto, and Michael Messner, as well as new articles on globalization by James Watson, Robert Glennon, Robert Inglehart and Wayne Baker, and Paul Wapner. In addition, a wide range of classic essays by C. Wright Mills, Karl Marx, Max Weber, and others make Readings for Sociology a comprehensive and balanced supplement to the introductory course.
This book is mediocre at best. It suffers from many misplaced readings that are often stretching to fit into the category they are assigned to.
The first half of the book seems to be much stronger than the second half, I am not sure if this is by mere chance or is intentional. I absolutely would not recommend this book for sociology, there are far better books available.
When there is time in the distant future, I'd like to read a few more. This is a great addition to a standard textbook for an intro to sociology course.