Investigating social problems. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: A. Javier Trevino, Wheaton College.
• Authors: Treviño, A. Javier, 1958-
• Contents: PART I. THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS; Chapter 1. Sociology and Social Problems (A. Javier Trevino); The Sociological Study of Social Problems; The Sociological Imagination; Sociological Research; Three Sociological Trends; Applying the Three Theories to Social Problems; Social Policy; Specialized Theories; Service Sociology and Social Problems; PART II. PROBLEMS OF INEQUALITY; Chapter 2. Poverty and Class Inequality (E. Brooke Kelly, Leslie Hossfled, and Julia Waity) - Jennifer Sherman; Poverty, Class, and Inequality are Social Constructions; Patterns and Trends; Poverty and Class Inequality beyond Our Borders; Social Class; Researching Poverty and Class Inequality; Inequality; Experiencing Poverty and 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 3. Race and Ethnicity (Eileen O'Brien) - Eileen O'Brien; Defining Race and Ethnicity in a New Millennium; Patterns and Trends; Race and Ethnicity beyond Our Borders; Using Theory to Explain Racial Inequality: The Views from the Functionalist, Symbolic Interactionist, and Conflict Perspectives; Experiencing Race and Ethnicity; Researching Race and Ethnicity; Specialized Theories about Racial Inequality; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 4. Gender (Katie Ann Hasson); Defining Gender Inequality; Feminism and the Study of Gender as a Social Problem; Looking at Gender on Campus and Beyond; Researching Gender; Experiencing Gender; Gender beyond Our Borders; 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 5. Sexuality (Elroi J. Windsor) - Elroi Windsor; Understanding How Sexualities Can Be Social Problems; Patterns and Trends in Sexuality-Related Social Problems; Sexuality beyond Our Borders; Using Theory to Understand Sexual Violence: The Views from the Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives; Experiencing Sexualities; Specific Theories in Sexualities and Social Problems Scholarship; Researching Sexualities; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 6. Aging (Duane A. Matcha) - Duane Matcha; Is Aging a Social Problem?; Patterns and Trends; Experiencing Aging; Aging beyond Our Borders; Researching Aging; 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?; PART III. PROBLEMS OF INSTITUTIONS; Chapter 7. Education (Jenny Stuber) - Megan Andrew; Patterns and Trends; Experiencing Education; U.S. Education System: A Brief History; Education beyond Our Borders; Using Sociological Theories in Education; Specialized Theories in the Sociology of Education; Explanations of Educational Inequality; Researching Education; Educational Reform from the 1980s to 2017; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 8. Media (William Hoynes) - William Hoynes; Patterns and Trends; Experiencing Media; Researching Media; Debating Media as a Cause of Social Problems; Emergent Social Problems and New Media Technology; Traditional Theoretical Perspectives on Media and Social Problems; Media beyond Our Borders; Theories in Contemporary Media and Social Problems Scholarship; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 9. Family (Meg Wilkes Karraker) - Meg Karraker; The Decline of the Family?; Experiencing Family; Patterns and Trends; Researching Family; Family beyond Our Borders; 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 10. Work and the Economy (Rudi Volti) - Rudi Volti; Work and the Labor Force; Patterns and Trends; Researching Work and the Economy; Work and the Economy beyond Our Borders; Stakeholders; Experiencing Work and the Economy; Work in the 21st Century; 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?; PART IV. PROBLEMS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY; Chapter 11. Crime (Kyle Thomas and Benjamin Hamilton) - Kyle Thomas, Benjamin Hamilton; Crimes are Socially Defined; Researching Crime; Data Sources and Correlates of Crime; Patterns and Trends; Crime beyond Our Borders; The U.S. Criminal Justice System and Its Stakeholders; Crime from the Structural Functionalist, Symbolic Interactionist, and Conflict Perspectives; Experiencing Crime; Specialized Theories about Crime; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 12. Alcohol and Other Drugs (Carrie B. Oser) - Carrie Oser; Drugs in Societies; Drug Dependence and Associated Harms; Researching Drugs; Drugs beyond Our Borders; Patterns of Drug Use across Social Groups; Experiencing Drugs; 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 13. Health and Illness (Valerie Leiter) - Valerie Leiter; What Are Disease and Illness?; Researching Health; Patterns and Trends; How Race and Ethnicity Influence Health; The U.S. Health Care System and Its Stakeholders; Health beyond Our Borders; Using Theory to Understand Health: The Views from the Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives; Specialized Theories; Social Change: What Can You Do?; PART V. PROBLEMS OF GLOBAL IMPACT; Chapter 14. The Environment (Michael M. Bell and Katherine A. Legun) - Michael Bell, Katharine Legun; Environmental Problems as Social Problems; Patterns and Trends; Experiencing the Environment; The Environment beyond Our Border; Theoretical Approaches in Environmental Sociology; Specialized Theories in Environmental Sociology; Researching the Environment; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 15. Science and Technology (Michael Mascarenhas) - Michael Mascarenhas; Hacking and Cybercrime around the World; Science and Technology as Socially Defined; Researching Science and Technology; Patterns and Trends; Science, Technology, and Their Stakeholders; Experiencing Science and Technology; Using Theory to Examine Science and Technology: The Views from the Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives; Specialized Theories; Science and Technology beyond Our Borders; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 16. War and Terrorism (Ori Swed) - Ori Swed; War as a Social Concept; Patterns and Trends; Experiencing War and Terrorism; The Future of War; Using Theory to Examine War and Terrorism: The Views from the Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives; Researching War and Terrorism; Specialized Theory: The Two-Society Thesis; War and Terrorism beyond Our Borders; Terrorism; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 17. Urbanization (Michael Borer and Tyler S. Schafer) - Michael Borer, Tyler Schafer; Urbanization, Growth, and Social Problems; Patterns and Trends; Urbanization beyond Our Borders; Theoretical Perspectives in Urban Sociology; Experiencing Urbanization; Specialized Theories in Urban Sociology; Researching Urbanization; Social Change: What Can You Do?;
• Edition: Edition 2
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (560 pages)
• Subjects: 306; Social problems -- 21st century; Social problems -- Health aspects; Equality; Social institutions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506348490; 1506348491
• Related ISBNs: 9781506348506
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