SOCIAL PROBLEMS: ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS provides a clear and concise description and analysis of major social problems in the United States. The text stimulates interest in understanding and doing something about resolving social problems by presenting and describing solutions for each problem discussed. Provides an understanding of sociological theories and research that explains the nature of social problems and possible resolutions.
A complete set of tools for analyzing any social problem.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Presents a sense of sociological attitude and appreciation of world problems.
Updated with recent issues such as the national debate on health care reform, this Second Edition of How Can We Solve Our Social Problems? gives students a sense of hope by demonstrating specific, realistic steps we can take to solve some ...
The Sociology of Social 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.
Max Weber (1978), one of the most sophisticated sociologists on the nature of power, expanded the idea of social stratification. First, Weber argued that, despite the significance of economic stratification in determining social order, ...
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