Handbook of Social Problems : A Comparative International Perspective

by George Ritzer

• ISBN13: 9780761926108
• ISBN10: 0761926100
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-13
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

The Handbook of Social Problems: A Comparative International Perspective provides a unique, broadly comparative perspective on the current state of social problems and deviance in a variety of societies around the world. Editor George Ritzer, along with leading U.S. and global sociologists, examines the relationship between social problems and a society's level of development and affluence.The essays in this volume focus on interrelated issues involved in the relationship between social problems and the level of development and affluence. The Handbook explores the theory of the weakness of the strong-in other words, strong or wealthy nations may have greater vulnerability to some social problems than less developed or affluent societies. This theory is clearly illustrated in this volume by the aftermath of September 11, 2001depicting the vulnerability of the U.S. to social problems in far-removed corners of the world. In addition, the international and comparative essays in this volume cover other important issues such as the impact of modern technologies on social problems, ecological problems, global inequality, health as a social problem, and much more.The Handbook of Social Problems is a vital resource for sociologists and graduate students, as well as an excellent addition to any academic library.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Ch.01Social Problems: A Comparative International Perspective - George Ritzer

Ch 02Theoretical Issues in the Study of Social Problems and Deviance - Joel Best

Ch. 03Methodological Issues in the Study of Social Problems - Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln

Ch. 04Social Problems and Public Policy - Tim Blackman and Roberta Woods

SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Ch. 05Population Change - Sonalde Desai

Ch. 06Ecological Problems - Steven Yearley

Ch. 07Global Inequality - Salvatore J. Babones and Jonathan H. Turner

Ch. 08Racism in Comparative Perspective - Joe R. Feagin and Pinar Batur

Ch. 09Ethnic Conflict as a Global Social Problem - Thomas D. Hall

Ch. 10Gender Inequality - Amy S. Wharton

Ch. 11Urban Problems in Global Perspective - Chigon Kim and Mark Gottdiener

Ch. 12Work-Related Social Problems - Teresa A. Sullivan

Ch. 13The Media and Social Problems - Douglas Kellner

Ch. 14Consumption as a Social Problem - Douglas J. Goodman

Ch. 15Family Problems in Global Perspective - Felix M. Berardo and Constance L. Shehan

Ch. 16Racial and Ethnic Educational Inequality in Global Perspective - Caroline Hodges Persell, Richard Arum, and Kathryn Seufert

Ch. 17Health as a Social Problem - William C. Cockerham

Ch. 18How Medical Care Systems Become Social Problems - Andrew Twaddle

Ch. 19Aids as a Social Problem: The Creation of Social Pariahs in The Management of an Epidemic - Bronwen Lichtenstein

Ch. 20War, Militarism and National Security - Ian Roxborough

Ch. 21Sea Change: The Modern Terrorist Environment in Perspective - Gus Martin

Ch. 22The Geopolitics of Mass Destruction: How Genocide Became a Global Social Problem - David Norman Smith

Ch. 23.Globalization - John Boli

Ch. 24Technology and Social Problems - Frank Webster and Mark Erickson

Ch. 25The Internet as a Global Social Problem - Gili S. Drori

Ch. 26Risk - John Tulloch

DEVIANCE

Ch. 27Crime - Michael Tonry

Ch. 28Juvenile Delinquency - Mark C. Stafford

Ch. 29Drug Use as a Global Social Problem - Erich Goode

Ch. 30The Sexual Spectacle: Making a Public Culture of Sexual Problems - Ken Plummer

Ch. 31Modern Day Folk Devils and the Problem of Children's Presence in the Global Sex Trade - Julia O'Connell Davidson

Ch. 32Mental Illness as a Social Problem - Howard B. Kaplan

Ch. 33Disability As a Global Issue - Gary L. Albrecht

Ch. 34Corruption as a Global Social Problem - Gary LaFree and Nancy Morris