Examining the significance of race, class, and gender in understanding social problems.
Social Problems in a Diverse Society uses critical thinking and personal narratives from real people to make the study of social problems interesting and relevant to today’s students.
This book focuses on the United States but also integrates discussion of global social problems.
Social Problems in a Diverse Society uses sociological perspectives to analyze current social problems. It offers a balanced approach and explores three classic paradigms and feminist theory.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Studying Social Problems in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 2 Wealth and Poverty: U.S. and Global Economic Inequities
Chapter 3 Racial and Ethnic Inequality
Chapter 4 Gender Inequality
Chapter 5 Inequality Based on Age
Chapter 6 Inequality Based on Sexual Orientation
Chapter 7 Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry
Chapter 8 Alcohol and Other Drugs
Chapter 9 Crime and Criminal Justice
Chapter 10 Health Care: Problems of Physical and Mental Illness
Chapter 11 The Changing Family
Chapter 12 Problems in Education
Chapter 13 Problems in Politics and the Global Economy
Chapter 14 Problems in the Media
Chapter 15 Population, Global Inequality, and the Environmental Crisis
Chapter 16 Urban Problems
Chapter 17 Global Social Problems: War and Terrorism
Chapter 18 Can Social Problems Be Solved?
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Social Problems in a Diverse Society, CourseSmart eTextbook, 6th Edition
Format: Safari Book
$62.99 | ISBN-13: 978-0-205-24979-4