Investigating social problems. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, A. Javier Trevino.
• Editors: Treviño, A. Javier, 1958-
• Contents: PART 1: THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS; Chapter 1: Sociology and Social Problems - Author: A. Javier Treviño; The Mobility Puzzle; The Sociological Study of Social Problems; The Sociological Imagination; Sociological Research; Three Sociological Theories; Sociological Research; Three Sociological Theories; Applying the Three Theories to Social Problems; Social Policy; Service Sociology and Social Problems; PART 2: PROBLEMS OF INEQUALITY; Chapter 2: Poverty and Class Inequality - Authors: Leslie Hossfeld, E. Brooke Kelly; Patterns and Trends; Social Class; Inequality; Using Theory to Explain Poverty, Class, and; Specialized Theories Applied to Poverty; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 3: Race and Ethnicity - Author: Saher Selod; Defining Race and Ethnicity in a New; Patterns and Trends; Using Theory to Explain Racial Inequality; Specialized Theories About Racial Inequality; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 4: Gender - Author: Tanetta Andersson; Defining Sex and Gender; The Study of Gender as a Social Problem; Patterns and Trends; Using Theory to Understand Gender Inequality; Specialized Theory: Queer Theory; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 5: Sexualities - Author: Elroi J. Windsor; Understanding Social Problems Related to; Patterns and Trends; Using Theory to Understand Sexual Violence; Specialized Theories in Sexualities and; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 6: Aging - Author: Duane A. Matcha; Is Aging a Social Problem?; Patterns and Trends; Using Theory to Understand Aging; Specialized Theories About Aging; Social Change: What Can You Do?; PART 3: PROBLEMS OF INSTITUTIONS; Chapter 7: Education - Author: Jenny Stuber; Inequalities in Our Education System; Patterns and Trends; US Education System: A Brief History; Using Sociological Theories In Education; Specialized Theories in the Sociology of; Investigating Inequalities in Education; Efforts at Educational Reform; Chapter 8: Media - Authors: William Hoynes and Nicholas Hoynes; How Media Define Social Problems; Patterns and Trends; Debating Media as a Cause of Social Problems; Emerging Social Problems and New Media Technologies; Using Theory to Examine Media and Social; Specialized Theories In Contemporary; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 9: Families - Authors: Heather E. Dillaway and Nancy J. Mezey; Social and Historical Factors Shape Families; Patterns and Trends; Family Problems and Two Institutional; Using Theory to Understand Families; Specialized Theories for Understanding Families; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 10: Work and the Economy - Author: Jacqueline M. Zalewski; Work and the Labor Force; Patterns and Trends; Stakeholders; Using Theory to Examine Work and the; Specialized Theories: Weber and Scientific Management; Social Change: What Can You Do?; PART 4: PROBLEMS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY; Chapter 11: Crime - Authors: Terrence T. Allen, Ahmed Whitt, and; Crime as a Social Problem; Crimes Are Socially Defined; Data Sources and Correlates of Crime; Patterns and Trends; The US Criminal Justice System and Its; Using Theory to Examine Crime; Specialized Theories About Crime; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 12: Drugs - Authors: Carrie B. Oser, Dina Perrone, and; Drugs in Societies; Addiction and Associated Harms; Patterns of Drug Use Across Social Groups; Using Theory to Understand Drug Use; Specialized Theories on Drug Use; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 13: Health - Author: Valerie Leiter; What Are Disease and Illness?; Health Inequities; The US Health Care System and Its Stakeholders; Using Theory to Understand Health; Specialized Theories; Social Change: What Can You Do?; PART 5: PROBLEMS OF GLOBAL IMPACT; Chapter 14: The Environment - Author: J. M. Bacon; Environmental Problems as Social Problems; Patterns and Trends; Using Theory to Examine the Environment; Specialized Theories In Environmental Sociology; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 15: Science and Technology - Author: Michael Mascarenhas; Science and Technology as Socially Defined; Science and Technology as Social Problems; Patterns and Trends; Science, Technology, and Their Stakeholders; Using Theory to Examine Science and Technology; Specialized Theories; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 16: War and Terrorism - Author: Ori Swed; War as a Social Phenomenon; The Changing Face of War; The Cost of War; Terrorism as a Social Phenomenon; Counterterrorism; Using Theory to Examine War and Terrorism; Specialized Theories on War and Terrorism; Social Change: What Can You Do?; Chapter 17: Urbanization - Author: Meghan Ashlin Rich; Urbanization, Growth, and Social Problems; Patterns and Trends; Theoretical Perspectives in Urban Sociology; Specialized Theories in Urban Sociology; Social Change: What Can You Do?; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX;
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 360; Social problems; Social problems -- Health aspects; Equality; Social institutions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544389646
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