Social problems : community, policy, and social action /: community, policy, and social action. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anna Leon-Guerrero, Pacific Lutheran University.
• Other Names: Leon-Guerrero, Anna
• Contents: Social Problems—Personal Troubles or Public Issues?; Visual Essay I. Seeing Problems Sociologically; Sociology and the Study of Social Problems; The Bases of Inequality; Visual Essay II. “Invisible” Dividing Lines; Social Class and Poverty; Race and Ethnicity; Gender; Sexual Orientation; Age and Aging; Our Social Institutions; Visual Essay III. What Is a Family?; Families; Education; Work and the Economy; Health and Medicine; The Media; Our Social and Physical Worlds; Visual Essay IV. Drug Legacy; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Crime and Criminal Justice; Cities and Suburbs; The Environment; War and Terrorism; Individual Action and Social Change; Visual Essay V. Thanks to Student Activists; Social Problems and Social Action; Preface
• Edition: Fourth Edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE Publications
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 303.372; Social problems -- United States; Social problems; Critical thinking
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483321110; 1483321118; 9781452205434
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.