Social Problems
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9780132433396
- ISBN10:
0132433397
- Edition: 3rd
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 2010-05-17
- Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary
Macionis'sSocial Problemsis the only social problems text that explains how society frames social problems and solutions through politics. The text analyzes social issues and policies, using the concepts of sociological theory and the everyday language of politics. This text helps students understand the attitudes and values that define the political spectrum in the United States. Once students know how social problems are defined by our society through politics, and how the policies to solve these problems are developed, students are able to become involved in solving social problems through activism and political involvement.
Table of Contents
| Sociology's Basic Approach | |
| Sociology: Studying Social Problems | |
| Seeing Patterns: The Sociological Imagination | |
| Social Problems: The Basics | |
| Beyond Our Borders: A Global Perspective | |
| Analyzing Social Problems: Sociological Theory | |
| Finding the Facts: Sociological Research | |
| Responding to Social Problems: Social Policy | |
| Politics: Constructing Problems and Defining Solutions | |
| Going On from Here | |
| Making the Grade | |
| Problems of Social Inequality | |
| Poverty and Wealth | |
| Economic Inequality in the United States | |
| The Rich and the Poor: A Social Profile | |
| Problems Linked to Poverty | |
| Responding to Poverty: The Welfare System | |
| Theoretical Analysis: Understanding Poverty | |
| Politics and Poverty: Constructing Problems and Defining Solutions | |
| Going on from Here | |
| Making the Grade | |
| Racial and Ethnic Inequality | |
| Race and Ethnicity | |
| Patterns of Majority-Minority Interaction | |
| The Social Standing of U.S. Minorities | |
| Prejudice | |
| Discrimination | |
| Theoretical Analysis: Understanding Racial and Ethnic Inequality | |
| Politics, Race, and Ethnicity: Constructing Problems and Defining Solutions | |
| Going on From Here | |
| Making the Grade | |
| Gender Inequality | |
| What is Gender? | |
| Gender and Social Institutions | |
| Gender Stratification | |
| Theoretical Analysis: Understanding Gender Inequality | |
| Feminism | |
| Politics and Gender: Constructing Problems and Defining Solutions | |
| Going on From Here | |
| Making the Grade | |
| Aging and Inequality | |
| Growing Old | |
| The Graying of the United States | |
| Problems of Aging | |
| Theoretical Analysis: Understanding Aging and Inequality | |
| Politics and Aging: Constructing Problems and Defining Solutions | |
| Going on From Here | |
| Making the Grade | |
| Problems of Deviance, Conformity, and Well-Being | |
| Crime and Criminal Justice | |
| Norms, Law, and Crime | |
| Crime: The Extent of the Problem"Street Crime": Who Are the Criminals? | |
| Other Dimensions of the Crime Problem | |
| The Criminal Justice System | |
| Explaining Crime: Biological and Psychological Theories | |
| Explaining Crime: Sociological Theories | |
| Politics and Crime: Constructing Problems and Defining Solutions | |
| Going on From Here | |
| Making the Grade | |
| Violence | |
| What is Violence? | |
| Criminal Violence | |
| Family Violence | |
| Social Dimensions of Violence | |
| Explaining Violence: Biological and Psychological Theories | |
| Explaining Violence: Sociological Theories | |
| Politics and Violence: Constructing Problems and Defining Solutions | |
| Going on From Here | |
| Making the Grade | |
| Sexuality | |
| What is Sex? | |
| Sexual Attitudes in the Unites States | |
| Sexual Orientation | |
| Pornography | |
| Sexual Harassment | |
| Prostitution | |
| Teenage Pregnancy | |
| Abortion | |
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases | |
| Theoretical Analysis: Understanding Sexuality | |
| Politics and Sexuality: Constructing Problems and Defining Solutions | |
| Going on From Here | |
| Making the Grade | |
| Alcohol and Other Drugs | |
| What Is a Drug? | |
| The Extent of Drug Use | |
| Types of Drugs | |
| Drugs and Other Social Problems | |
| Social Policy: Responding to the Drug Problem | |
| Theoretical Analysis: Understanding Drug-Related Social Problems | |
| Politics and Drugs: Constructing Problems and Defining Solutions | |
| Going on From Here | |
| Making the Grade | |
| Physical and Mental Health | |
| Health and Illness: A Global Perspective | |
| Health Policy: Paying for Care | |
| Health Care in the United States: A Syste | |
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