Social Problems for the Twenty-first Century with Free Making the Grade Student CD-ROM and PowerWeb

by Palen, J. John

• ISBN13: 9780072431599
• ISBN10: 0072431598
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-11
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

Social Problems for the Twenty-First Century is an exciting and contemporary new text that reflects the concerns and problems of the new century and the new millennium. J. John Palen presents the latest sociological data, knowledge and opinions as accurately and as fairly as possible so that any instructor, regardless of his or her theoretical orientation, will have a trustworthy base from which to elaborate, disagree or discuss. This text builds on students’ natural interest in social problems and encourages them to develop both a sociological perspective and a sociological imagination that will allow them to examine social problems in a critical fashion.

Table of Contents

Preface
Part 1: Looking at Social Problems
Social Problems and Sociology	2	(24)
Part 2: Problems of Inequality
To Have and Have Not	26	(34)
The Color Line	60	(24)
The Cracked Melting Pot	84	(30)
The Gendered Order	114	(32)
Part 3: Problems of the Global Setting
The Question of People	146	(30)
Urban Life and Deviance	176	(28)
The Economy and the World of Work	204	(32)
Part 4: Problems of the Life Cycle
Education under Stress	236	(30)
Ties That Bind: The Changing Family	266	(32)
Aging and Ageism	298	(26)
Part 5: Problems of Violating Social Norms
Crime and Violence	324	(38)
Substance Abuse: Legal and Otherwise	362	(30)
Problems of the Health System and Mental Disorders	392	(36)
Society and Sexuality	428	(28)
Part 6: Looking Ahead
The Environment: War and Terrorism	456	(30)
Methodological Appendix	486	(10)
Glossary	496	(5)
Index	501