Think social problems

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Think social problems

John D. Carl

Pearson, c2011

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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THINK Currency THINK Relevancy THINK Social Problems With an engaging visual design and 12-15 page chapters, THINK Social Problems is the Social Problems text your students will read. THINK Social Problems is informed with the latest research and the most contemporary examples, allowing you to bring current events directly into your classroom with little additional work. An engaging visual design developed with the benefit of extensive student feedback will appeal to your students and deliver the core concepts of Social Problems in a way that they can actually understand. The groundbreaking instructor supplements package will help you bring the core concepts of Social Problems to life, without burdening your students with heavy, too dense and too expensive learning solutions. Thinkspot, the text's open access website, provides students with a large resource of tools to help them achieve a better grade.

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IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1 The Study of Social Problems Chapter 2 Inequality: Poverty and Wealth Chapter 3 Race and Immigration Chapter 4 Gender Chapter 5 Aging: Social Problems of Growing Old Chapter 6 Media and Technology Chapter 7 Politics and Economy Chapter 8 Problems in Education Chapter 9 Physical and Mental Health Care Chapter 10 Drug and Alcohol Abuse Chapter 11 Sex and Sexuality Chapter 12 Sexual Deviance Chapter 13 Violent and Non-violent Crime Chapter 14 Criminal Justice Chapter 15 Marriage and Family Chapter 16 Urbanization: Social Problems from the Growth of Cities Chapter 17 Globalization and Inequality Chapter 18 Population Problems Chapter 19 Environment Chapter 20 War and Terrorism COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1 The Study of Social Problems What is a social problem? How do sociologists use paradigms to frame their thinking? How do sociologists use research and social policy to address social problems? Chapter 2 Inequality: Poverty and Wealth What is inequality and how does it affect people? How do sociologists view inequality? What social policies address economic inequality? Chapter 3 Race and Immigration Is racial and ethnic inequality a social problem? Why does racial and ethnic inequality still exist in the United States? How can society address racial and ethnic inequality? Chapter 4 Gender How does a society deal with gender? What are the theories of gender related to social problems? What social policies are in place to prevent domestic violence? Chapter 5 Aging: Social Problems of Growing Old Who are the aging population and what does ageism mean in our culture? What theories exist about the aging process? How does society deal with specific problems of aging? Chapter 6 Media and Technology How do expanding technologies influence society? How do media and technology create or alleviate social problems? What is the role of the government in media? Chapter 7 Politics and Economy How do we govern to get what we need? How are government and economy related? How does the economic system influence the political? Chapter 8 Problems in Education What are the social problems in education? What thinking drives education in society? What can we do to encourage educational equality? Chapter 9 Physical and Mental Health Care How do health and aging affect stratification? How do sociologists view problems related to mental and physical health? How do societies deal with health? Chapter 10 Drug and Alcohol Abuse What social problems are related to substance abuse? Why do people abuse drugs and alcohol? What can we do about drug and alcohol abuse? Chapter 11 Sex and Sexuality How do Americans view issues of sex and sexuality? How do the different sociological paradigms view sexuality? How does society deal with sexual differences? Chapter 12 Sexual Deviance What kinds of social problems are caused by deviance? How do sociologists see deviance? Should consensual acts be illegal? Chapter 13 Violent and Non-violent Crime What are the social problems associated with crime? What motivates criminal behavior? How can you prevent crime? Chapter 14 Criminal Justice How do societies respond to crime? How do we justify punishment? Can society punish too much? Chapter 15 Marriage and Family What social problems relate to marriage and family? How do we view marriage? What are some problems in the family? Chapter 16 Urbanization: Social Problems from the Growth of Cities What problems arise from living in cities? How do we think about urban living? How does planning provide solutions to urbanization? Chapter 17 Globalization and Inequality What is globalization and how does it affect the world? What theories exist about globalization? How does society deal with globalization? Chapter 18 Population Problems Is the world's growing population a problem? What are some theories of population control? What are some successful population control policies? Chapter 19 Environment Is the environment in danger? How do sociologists think about environmental problems? What can we do about environmental problems? Chapter 20 War and Terrorism How do countries deal with conflicts? What are some theories of conflicts? How do we control conflicts?

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