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Understanding the increasing significance of personal and social identity construction has become an important part of sociological analysis. As globalization and the digital revolution continue to progress and deepen, their impact on socialization processes and identities also increases. The main discussions of identity are as follows:

Chapter 3, ‘Theories and Perspectives’ – the social self and identity, theories of identity formation

Chapter 4, ‘Globalization and Social Change’ – globalization’s impact on national identity, glocalization, modernity and reflexive individualism

Chapter 5, ‘The Environment’ – risk and identity, theories of the ecological self

Chapter 7, ‘Gender and Sexuality’ – theories of gender identity, sexual identities, gender fluidity and transgender identities, masculinity/femininity and identity

Chapter 8, ‘Race, Ethnicity and Migration’ – ethnicity and identity, black identity and ‘new’ ethnicities, intersectionality and ethnic identities, multiculturalism and multiple sources of identification, diaspora and identity

Chapter 9, ‘Stratification and Social Class’ – intersecting inequalities and forms of identity, class-based identity, consumer lifestyles and identities, disidentifying with the working class

Chapter 10, ‘Health, Illness and Disability’ – eating disorders and personal identity, illness and the changing perception of self-identity, disability and identities

Chapter 12, ‘Social Interaction and Daily Life’ – sociological theories of identity, embodiment and personal identity, theories of gender identity, identities in online environments

Chapter 14, ‘The Life Course’ – theories of self-formation and socialization, theories of gendered identities, social roles and identities, ageing and changing identities

Chapter 16, ‘Education’ – schools and sexual identities, cultural reproduction and gender identity

Chapter 17, ‘Work and Employment’ – work and self-identity, consumerism and identity construction, impact of unemployment on identity

Chapter 18, ‘Religion’ – identity kits and neotribes, lived religion and personal identity

Chapter 19, ‘The Media’ – music and identity construction, disabled identities in the mass media

Chapter 20, ‘Politics, Government and Social Movements’ – ideology and identity formation, national and transnational identification, social movements and identity change, identity in the new social movements

Chapter 21, ‘Nations, War and Terrorism’ – populism and national identity, nationalism as a source of fundamental identity, the colonial legacy and national identity in the Global South, globalization as a challenge to national identities

Chapter 22, ‘Crime and Deviance’ – the labelling perspective and self-identity, crime and the master status, identity theft