authors:subjects:- Social problems -- United States
- Social problems
- Critical thinking
publishers:ISBN:- 1412959667 (pbk.) :
- 9781412959667 (pbk.)
description:notes:- Previous ed.: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 444-495) and index.
- Preface Part I. Social Problems--Personal Troubles or Public Issues? Visual Essay I. Seeing Problems Sociologically 1. Sociology and the Study of Social Problems Part II. The Bases of Inequality Visual Essay II. "Invisible" Dividing Lines 2. Social Class and Poverty 3. Race and Ethnicity 4. Gender 5. Sexual Orientation 6. Age and Aging Part III. Our Social Institutions Visual Essay III. What Is a Family? 7. Families 8. Education 9. Work and the Economy 10. Health and Medicine 11. The Media Part IV. Our Physical and Social Worlds Visual Essay IV. Drug Legacy 12. Alcohol and Drug Abuse 13. Crime and Criminal Justice 14. Cities and Suburbs 15. The Environment 16. War and Terrorism Part V. Individual Action and Social Change Visual Essay V. Thanks to Student Activists ... 17. Social Problems and Social Action References Credits Glossary/Index About the Author
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