How can we solve our social problems?. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James A. Crone.
• Other Names: Crone, James A
• Contents: Chapter 1: Preparing to Solve Our Social Problems; What Is a Social Problem?; History of Studying Social Problems; Teaching About Social Problems in Today’s World; How Can Sociologists Address Social Problems and Yet Remain Objective?; What Social Problem Should We Solve First?; How Might Sociological Theory Help Us to Solve Social Problems?; A Theory of Conflict and Social Change: A Way to Better Understand and Therefore Solve Our Social Problems; Causal Model: A Picture of Our Theory; My Own Theoretical Orientation; Other Sociological Theories That Can Help Us Understand and Solve Social Problems; Concluding Thoughts on Theory and Social Problems; Addressing Social Problems Within Capitalism; The Next Chapter; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 2: Barriers, Possibilities, and How Sociology Can Help; Barriers to Solving Our Social Problems; Possibilities for Solving Our Social Problems; How Can Sociology Help to Solve Social Problems?; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 3: How Can We Solve the Problem of Increasing Inequality?; Definition and Statistics; Causes of Growing Inequality; Consequences of Growing Inequality; Options We Have With Inequality; What Should We Do?; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 4: How Can We Solve the Problem of Poverty?; Assumptions We Can Make About Solving Poverty; What Can We Do?; Concluding On an Optimistic Note; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 5: How Can We Solve the Problem of Racial/Ethnic Inequality?; Now, and Where to Next?; What Might Racial/Ethnic Equality Mean?; What More Can We Do?; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 6: How Can We Solve the Problem of Gender Inequality?; What Can We Do?; Concluding Thoughts; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 7: How Can We Solve the Problem of Unequal Education?; What Can We Do?; Problems That Prevent Us From Having Excellent Public Schools; Tax Money for Schools; Positive Consequences; What Will Not Work If We Want Excellent Public Education: The Voucher System; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 8: How Can We Solve the Problem of Crime?; What Can We Do?; A Dilemma: Capitalism and Crime; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 9: How Can We Solve the Problem of Drugs?; Keep the Current Policy; Legalize Drugs for Adults; Take a Step-by-Step Approach by Legalizing One Drug at a Time; Where to Go From Here?; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 10: How Can We Solve the Problem of Health Care?; Consequences of Our Problem; Why Don’t We Have a Health Care System That Covers All Citizens Like All Other Industrial Nations?; Criteria for a Health Care System For All Americans; How We Could Implement These Criteria; Advantages of Health Care For All Americans; Disadvantages of Health Care For All Americans; What Other Countries Include in Their National Health Care Systems; The Future: What Could Happen?; Summer and Fall 2009 and Winter 2010: Finally, Serious Debate; March 21, 2010: Health Care Reform Passes Congress; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 11: How Can We Solve the Problems of Families?; Decreasing Inequality to Help Families; Decreasing Poverty to Help Families; Creating Enough Jobs and Enough Decent-Paying Jobs to Help Families; Creating Racial and Ethnic Equality to Help Families; Creating Gender Equality to Help Families; Including Gay and Lesbian Couples to Help Families; Decreasing Crime to Help Families; Changing the Way We Deal With Drugs to Help Families; Creating a National Health Care System to Help Families; Creating Good-Quality Education for All Students to Help Families; Educating Students to Help Families; Educating Parents to Help Families; Summary of What We Can Do to Help Families; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 12: How Can We Solve the World’s Population Problem?; Causes of the World’s Population Problem; What Can We Do?; Where Are We?; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 13: How Can We Solve the World’s Environmental Problem?; Consequences; What Can We Do?; Conclusion; Questions for Discussion; Chapter 14: Solving Our Social Problems: Predictions and Conclusions; A Number of Similar Social Conditions; Defining a Social Condition as a Social Problem; Legitimation; Values and Vested Interests; Loss of Control Over the Social Problem; Attention and Resources; Someone Will Be Dissatisfied; Compromise; Becoming Accustomed to Social Change; Capitalism and Social Problems; Environment, Population, and Standard of Living; Building a Sustainable Society; Conclusion; Questions for Discussion;
• Edition: Third Edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (344 pages)
• Subjects: 306.0973; Social problems; Sociology; Social problems -- United States; United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506304854; 1506304850
• 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).
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