Investigating social problems. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: A. Javier Trevino.
• Editors: Treviño, A. Javier, 1958-
• Contents: Preface; PART I: The Sociological Study of Social Problems; 1. Sociology and Social Problems - A. Javier Treviño; SETTLING FOR LESS; THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS; THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION; SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; THREE SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES; APPLYING THE THREE THEORIES TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL POLICY; SPECIALIZED THEORIES; SERVICE SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; PART II: Problems of Inequality; 2. POVERTY AND CLASS INEQUALITY - Leslie Hossfeld, Brooke Kelly, and Julia Waity; WHO IS HUNGRY ON CAMPUS?; POVERTY, CLASS, AND INEQUALITY ARE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; SOCIAL CLASS; INEQUALITY; USING THEORY TO EXPLAIN POVERTY, CLASS, AND INEQUALITY: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST, AND CONFLICT PERSPECTIVES; SPECIALIZED THEORIES APPLIED TO POVERTY AND INEQUALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 3. RACE AND ETHNICITY - Eileen O’Brien; WHITE RACIAL PRIVILEGE; DEFINING RACE AND ETHNICITY IN A NEW MILLENNIUM; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; USING THEORY TO EXPLAIN RACIAL INEQUALITY: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST, AND CONFLICT PERSPECTIVES; SPECIALIZED THEORIES ABOUT RACIAL INEQUALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 4. Gender - Katie Ann Hasson; WAVES OF PROTEST AND PINK HATS; DEFINING GENDER INEQUALITY; FEMINISM, MEN, AND THE STUDY OF GENDER AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM; LOOKING AT GENDER ON CAMPUS AND BEYOND; USING THEORY TO UNDERSTAND GENDER INEQUALITY: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST, AND CONFLICT PERSPECTIVES; QUEER THEORY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE ON GENDER; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 5. SEXUALITIES - Elroi J. Windsor; AND THEN, SHE WAS GONE; UNDERSTANDING HOW SEXUALITIES CAN BE SOCIAL PROBLEMS; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; USING THEORY TO UNDERSTAND SEXUAL VIOLENCE: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES; SPECIFIC THEORIES IN SEXUALITIES AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS SCHOLARSHIP; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 6. Aging - Duane A. Matcha; HOMESHARING: MILLENNIALS AND OLDER INDIVIDUALS; IS AGING A SOCIAL PROBLEM?; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; USING THEORY TO UNDERSTAND AGING: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES; SPECIALIZED THEORIES ABOUT AGING; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; PART III: Problems of Institutions; 7. EDUCATION - Jenny Stuber; IDRIS AND SEUN; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; U.S. EDUCATION SYSTEM: A BRIEF HISTORY; USING SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES IN EDUCATION; SPECIALIZED THEORIES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION; EXPLANATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY; EDUCATIONAL REFORM FROM THE 1980S TO 2017; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 8. Media - William Hoynes; THE DRAMA OF “ROAD RAGE”; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; DEBATING MEDIA AS A CAUSE OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS; EMERGENT SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES; TRADITIONAL THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MEDIA AND SOCIAL PRO; THEORIES IN CONTEMPORARY MEDIA AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS SCHOLARSHIP; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 9. Family - Meg Wilkes Karraker; A RETREAT FROM MARRIAGE AND FAMILY; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; FAMILY PROBLEMS AND THREE INSTITUTIONAL STAKEHOLDERS; USING THEORY TO EXPLAIN FAMILY PROBLEMS: THE VIEW FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES; FOUR SPECIALIZED THEORIES BEYOND FUNCTIONALISM, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 10. Work and the Economy - Rudi Volti; FROM 500 TO 750 ENVELOPES; WORK AND THE LABOR FORCE; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; STAKEHOLDERS; USING THEORY TO EXAMINE WORK AND THE ECONOMY: THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES; SPECIALIZED THEORIES: WEBER AND SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; PART IV: Problems of Health and Safety; 11. Crime - Kyle J. Thomas and Benjamin C. Hamilton; IN A HOODED SWEATSHIRT; INTRODUCTION: CRIME AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM; CRIMES ARE SOCIALLY DEFINED; DATA SOURCES AND CORRELATES OF CRIME; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; THE U.S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS; CRIME FROM THE STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALIST, SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST, AND CONFLICT PERSPECTIVES; SPECIALIZED THEORIES ABOUT CRIME; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 12. Drugs - Carrie B. Oser; A CANARY IN A COAL MINE?; DRUGS IN SOCIETIES; DRUG DEPENDENCE AND ASSOCIATED HARMS; PATTERNS OF DRUG USE ACROSS SOCIAL GROUPS; USING THEORY TO UNDERSTAND DRUG USE: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES; SPECIALIZED THEORIES ON DRUG USE; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 13. Health - Valerie Leiter; SUFFERING FROM DRAPETOMANIA; WHAT ARE DISEASE AND ILLNESS?; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS; USING THEORY TO UNDERSTAND HEALTH: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES; SPECIALIZED THEORIES; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; PART V: Problems of Global Impact; 14. THE Environment - Katharine A. Legun and Michael M. Bell; EXPERIENCING THE HEAT WAVE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AS SOCIAL PROBLEMS; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; THEORETICAL APPROACHES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY; SPECIALIZED THEORIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 15. Science and Technology - Michael Mascarenhas; SCIENCE AND THE PUBLIC TRUST; HACKING AND CYBERCRIME AROUND THE WORLD; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS SOCIALLY DEFINED; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THEIR STAKEHOLDERS; USING THEORY TO EXAMINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES; SPECIALIZED THEORIES; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 16. War and Terrorism - Ori Swed; THE ISLAMIC STATE AND THE BLURRING LINES BETWEEN WAR AND COUNTERTERRORISM; WAR AS A SOCIAL CONCEPT; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; THE FUTURE OF WAR; USING THEORY TO EXAMINE WAR AND TERRORISM: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES; SPECIALIZED THEORY: THE TWO-SOCIETY THESIS; TERRORISM; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; 17. Urbanization - Michael Ian Borer and Tyler S. Schafer; URBANIZATION AND CITY GROWTH IN GLITTER GULCH; URBANIZATION, GROWTH, AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS; PATTERNS AND TRENDS; THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN URBAN SOCIOLOGY; SPECIALIZED THEORIES IN URBAN SOCIOLOGY; SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO?; CHAPTER SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; Glossary; References; Index;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 360; Social problems; Social problems -- Health aspects; Equality; Social institutions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506348520
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