Understanding social problems / Linda A. Mooney, East Carolina University, David Knox, East Carolina University, Caroline Schacht, East Carolina University.
By: Mooney, Linda A
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Contributor(s): Knox, David | Schacht, Caroline.
Stamford, CT : Cengage Learning, ©2015Edition: 9th edition.Description: xxvi, 515, [65] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9781285746500; 1285746503.Subject(s): Social problems -- United States | United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-DDC classification: 361.1/M77 Other classification: CAS Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: SOCIOLOGY AND THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS. 1. Thinking about Social Problems. Part II: PROBLEMS OF WELL-BEING. 2. Physical and Mental Health and Health Care. 3. Alcohol and Other Drugs. 4. Crime and Social Control. 5. Family Problems. Part III: PROBLEMS OF INEQUALITY. 6. Economic Inequality, Wealth, and Poverty. 7. Work and Unemployment. 8. Problems in Education. 9. Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration. 10. Gender Inequality. 11. Sexual Orientation and the Struggle for Equality. Part IV: PROBLEMS OF GLOBALIZATION. 12. Population Growth and Aging. 13. Environmental Problems. 14. Science and Technology. 15. Conflict, War, and Terrorism.
Uses a theoretically balanced, reader-friendly approach to provide an exploration of social problems. This book progresses from a micro to macro level of analysis, focusing first on such problems as illness and health care, drugs and alcohol, and family problems, and then broadening to the larger issues of poverty and inequality, and more.
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