SOCIAL PROBLEMS
This comprehensive text provides a constructionist/conflict approach to the various kinds of social problems that relate to deviance, institutions, and globalization. Social Problems consists of 16 chapters divided into 5 parts. Each chapter opens with a vignette that provides the nature and extent...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Boston
Jones & Bartlett Learning
2012
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Summary: | This comprehensive text provides a constructionist/conflict approach to the various kinds of social problems that relate to deviance, institutions, and globalization. Social Problems consists of 16 chapters divided into 5 parts. Each chapter opens with a vignette that provides the nature and extent of a social problem, the conflicting views of the problem, various sociological theories of the problem, global aspects of the problem, social policies for dealing with the problem, and sociological insights on the problem that students can use to enhance their lives. Each chapter concludes with key terms, critical thinking questions, and internet resources |
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Physical Description: | xxiii, 470 pages illustrations 26 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages. [401]-434) and index |
ISBN: | 0763793094 9780763793098 |