The social sciences are about people and the relationships between individuals and the social and material world we live in. They are about the social structures, forces, changes and the big issues which concern us today. The third edition of Social Sciences: The Big Issues looks at what matters in terms of what is changing and what remains the same in contemporary life, bringing together personal concerns and social forces. Fully revised and updated, this book explores some of the debates about how we live our personal, domestic and emotional lives at a time of change and disruption. Kath Woodward includes the economic crises and uncertainties, and the issue of migration and globalization as both opportunities and sources of inequality in the contemporary world and everyday lives. Covering a range of disciplines and key areas of sociology, the book excellently introduces the prominent idea of sociological imagination.