Title: Analyzing Social Problems: Essays and Exercises
Abstract: (NOTE: New articles are in bold.) Introduction. Analyzing Social Problems: Issues and Approaches. I. TROUBLED SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 1. I Need a (Traditional) Wife! Employment-Family Conflicts, Janet Salzman Chafetz. 2. Domestic Violence: Hitting Us Where We Live, Linda P. Rouse. 3. Social Concerns about Teen-Age Pregnancy, Monica A. Longmore. 4. Work in the United States, Carl H.A. Dassbach. 5. Your Money or Your Life: Access to Medical Care as a Social Problem, Robert A. Hanneman. 6. Aging and Health Care, Jan W. Weaver and Stanley R. Ingman. II. SOCIAL INEQUALITIES. 7. Inequality and Stratification, Jonathan H. Turner. 8. Poverty in the United States, Leonard Beeghley. 9. Racist and Egalitarian Ideologies in Modern American Culture, Charles Case. 10. Who's the Boss? Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Managerial Jobs, Elizabeth M. Almquist. 11. Sexual Harassment and the Legal System, Pamela Brandwein. III. SOCIAL DEVIANCE, CRIME, AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 12. Constructing the Crime Problem and the American Punitive Response, Robert Heiner. 13. Is American Becoming More Violent?, Robert L. Young. 14. Racism, Capital Punishment, and the U.S. Supreme Court, Adalberto Aguirre, Jr., and David V. Baker. 15. The Myths and Realities of Homelessness and Mental Health, Dee Southard. 16. Disability, Richard K. Scotch. IV. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE. 17. Constructing Children's Problems, Joel Best. 18. The Victims' Revolt: Reform in the Legal System, Frank J. Weed . 19. Contemporary Activisms Among Lesbians and Gay Men, Thomas J. Linneman . 20. Labor Exploitation and Labor Organizing, Edna Bonacich and Carolina Bank . V. GLOBAL SOCIAL PROBLEMS. 21. Social Behavior and Nuclear Weapons: Will There Be Another Nuclear War?, Lloyd J. Dumas. 22. Poverty and Development in Developing Nations, Ted Goertzel and Robert E. Wood. 23. Mortality Rates: How Social Scientists Explore an Important Dimension of Human Development, Cathleen J. Schlegel. 24. Environmental Hazards, Sustainability and Social Justice: Making a Difference, Brenda D. Phillips. 25. The Sociology of Conflicts over Natural Resources, Kathleen E. Halverson. Conclusion: Addressing Social Problems.
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-08-06
Language: en
Type: book
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