Social problems : community, policy, and social action
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Social problems : community, policy, and social action
Sage, c2014
4th ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 478-511) and index
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Description
Now it its Fourth edition, Anna Leon-Guerrero's popular book humanizes social problems with voices of experience, and addresses the consequences and responses to a social problem. Effective discussion is encouraged through the use of boxed features, learning checks integrated into chapter presentations, discussion questions, and podcasts recorded by the author for each chapter. The hallmarks of the book will be its integrated theme of race, class, and gender; an emphasis on "service learning" (student awareness of effective community responses); critical thinking and active learning; and the use of the internet and unique print supplements to expand on what is intended to be a briefer book than most. Features and benefits: -Voices in the Community - a section in each chapter offering testimony from those experiencing or doing something about social problems -Visual Essays in each section to highlight a particular social problem or solution in the context of actual experiences. -Internet and community exercises at the end of each chapter -What Does it Mean to Me?
Brings the analysis of the problem being studied down to the level of the individual -Four theoretical perspectives for each problem studied: conflict, social interactionist, functionalist and feminist -Community, Policy and Social Action sections focus on social policy, advocacy, and community innovation -All new podcasts recorded by the author for each chapter which focuses on a specific case study and revisits key concepts
Table of Contents
Social Problems-Personal Troubles or Public Issues? Visual Essay I. Seeing Problems Sociologically Sociology and the Study of Social Problems The Bases of Inequality Visual Essay II. "Invisible" Dividing Lines Social Class and Poverty Race and Ethnicity Gender Sexual Orientation Age and Aging Our Social Institutions Visual Essay III. What Is a Family? Families Education Work and the Economy Health and Medicine The Media Our Social and Physical Worlds Visual Essay IV. Drug Legacy Alcohol and Drug Abuse Crime and Criminal Justice Cities and Suburbs The Environment War and Terrorism Individual Action and Social Change Visual Essay V. Thanks to Student Activists ... Social Problems and Social Action Preface
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