Presents a sense of sociological attitude and appreciation of world problems.
As a whole, the collection powerfully explores a wide range of contemporary social problems while providing the tools and context to help students think sociologically about the social problems around us.
Understanding Social Problems, Policies, and Programs offers a comprehensive analysis of the policies used in the United States to address social problems and to develop the nation's social welfare programs....
A complete set of tools for analyzing any social problem.
With a central focus on the problem of inequality and the manner in which this is manifested in crime, social class and stratification, this book examines the key theoretical perspectives relevant to the study and solution of social ...
The essays provide an overview and illustrate the theory and principals that inform both the life course and social problems.
As James Q. Wilson has argued, the largest share of the gun violence problem results from the wrong kinds of people carrying guns at the wrong time and place; the survival motive among the bad guys means exactly that the “wrong kinds of ...
Unlike the standard survey texts that focus heavily on the causes and consequences of problems, this book is devoted to analyzing possible solutions.
The text is framed around three major themes: intersectionality (the interplay of race, ethnicity, class, and gender), the global scope of many problems, and how researchers take an evidence-based approach to studying problems.
Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles Abram Ellwood, first published in 1913, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This...