Solutions to Social Problems : Lessons from Other Societies

by Eitzen, D. Stanley

• ISBN13: 9780205482436
• ISBN10: 0205482430
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This text/reader examines how other advanced industrial societies have dealt with social problems with relative success and looks how these strategies may be applicable to the United States.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Part One: Introduction	1	(20)
Section 1 The Comparative Approach to Social Problems	1	(20)
1. U.S. Social Problems in Comparative Perspective,
D. Stanley Eitzen	2	(10)
2. The European Social Model,
T.R. Reid	12	(4)
3. The Swedish Welfare State,
D. Stanley Eitzen	16	(5)
Part Two: Problems of Inequality	21	(68)
Section 2 Poverty	22	(14)
4. The State of Welfare at Home and Abroad,
Australian Financial Review	23	(4)
5. Is There Hope for America's Low-Income Children?
Lee Rainwater and Timothy M. Smeeding	27	(9)
Section 3 Income and Wealth Inequality	36	(14)
6. Inequality: USA vs. Other Industrial Nations,
Americans for Democratic Action	38	(2)
7. Inequality Here and There,
Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martin Sanchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swidler, and Kim Voss	40	(6)
8. The Coming Era of Wealth Taxation,
Gar Alperovitz	46	(4)
Section 4 Gender	50	(17)
9. Europe Crawls Ahead,
Megan Rowling	51	(4)
10. The Position of Women in Norway,
Pernille Lonne Morkhagen	55	(12)
Section 5 Sexual Orientation	67	(8)
11. Social Shift Opens Door to Gay Marriage Plan,
Clifford Krauss	68	(2)
12. Gay Rights and European Citizenship,
Joydeep Sengupta	70	(5)
Section 6 Age	75	(14)
13. As Good As It Gets: What Country Takes the Best Care of Its Older Citizens?
Mike Edwards	76	(10)
14. We Should Rejoice in an Ageing Society, So Long as We Plan Properly for It,
Hamish McRae	86	(3)
Part Three: Institutional Problems	89	(78)
Section 7 Families	90	(27)
15. Caring for Our Young: Child Care in Europe and the United States,
Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel	91	(8)
16. Support for Working Families: What the United States Can Learn from Europe,
Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers	99	(9)
17. Value for Family Tax Dollars: How Does the U.S. Stack Up?
Rachel Henneck	108	(9)
Section 8 Schools	117	(19)
18. Early Childhood Education and Care: International Perspectives,
Sheila B. Kamerman	118	(7)
19. Denmark: Lessons for American Principals and Teachers?
Richard Morrill	125	(6)
20. Globalization and Education: What Students Will Need to Know and Be Able to Do in the Global Village,
R.D. Nordgren	131	(5)
Section 9 Work	136	(16)
21. Europe's Work-Time Alternatives,
Anders Hayden	137	(7)
22. Finland Experiments with a Six-Hour Workday: A Family Friendly Policy?
Ellen Mutari and Deborah M. Figart	144	(6)
23. Europeans Just Want to Have Fun,
Michael Elliott	150	(2)
Section 10 Health Care and Delivery	152	(15)
24. International Health Systems,
Physicians for a National Health Program	154	(9)
25. Health Care Facts,
Toronto Health Coalition	163	(4)
Part Four: Problems of People, Resources, and Place	167	(30)
Section 11 Cities	168	(20)
26. How Information Technology Fixed London's Traffic Woes,
Malcolm Wheatley	169	(5)
27. New Lessons from the Old World: The European Model for Falling in Love with Your Hometown,
Jay Walljasper	174	(9)
28. Suburbia Stays in the Neighborhood,
Haya El Nasser	183	(5)
Section 12 Environment	188	(9)
29. Wind Power Picks Up as It Crosses the Atlantic,
Ellen Hale	189	(4)
30. The $6.66-a-Gallon Solution,
Simon Romero	193	(4)
Part Five: Individual Deviance	197
Section 13 Crime and Crime Control	198	(19)
31. Crime Comparisons between Canada and the United States,
The Daily	200	(5)
32. Deaths Reflect Gun Use in U.S.,
Michael Booth	205	(3)
33. Reducing Crime by Harnessing International Best Practices,
Irvin Waller and Brandon C. Welsh	208	(9)
Section 14 Drugs	217
34. Does Europe Do It Better? Lessons from Holland, Britain, and Switzerland,
Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter	218	(5)
35. The Netherlands' Drug Policy,
Robert Keizer	223