Investigating Social Problems (eBook)

A. Javier Trevino (Herausgeber)

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2024 | 4., Fourth Edition
1394 Seiten
Sage Publications, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-0719-1777-0 (ISBN)

Inhalt

1. Sociology and Social Problems - A. Javier Treviño
The Mobility Puzzle
The Sociological Study of Social Problems
The Sociological Imagination
Sociological Research
Three Sociological Theories
Applying the Three Theories to Social Problems
Social Policy
Service Sociology and Social Problems
2. Poverty and Class Inequality - Leslie Hossfeld, E. Brooke Kelly, and Julia Waity
Patterns and Trends
Social Class
Inequality
Using Theory to Explain Poverty and Class Inequality
Specialized Theories Applied to Poverty and Inequality
Social Change: What Can You Do?
3. Race and Ethnicity - Maria D. Dueñas
Defining Race and Ethnicity
Patterns and Trends
Using Theory to Explain Racial Inequality
Theories About Racial Inequality
Social Change: What Can You Do?
4. Gender - Paulina d. C. Inara Rodis and Sara C. Francisco
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?
5. Sexualities - Janelle M. Pham and Anna C. Ziering
Understanding Social Problems Related to Sex and Sexuality
Patterns and Trends
Using Theory to Understand Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination and Violence
Specialized Theories in Sexualities and Social Problems Scholarship
Social Change: What Can You Do?
6. Aging - Isabel García Valdivia
Is Aging a Social Problem?
Patterns and Trends
Using Theory to Understand Aging
Specialized Theories About Aging
Social Change: What Can You Do?
7. Education - Jenny Stuber
Inequalities in Our Education System
Patterns and Trends
U.S. Education System: A Brief History
Using Sociological Theories in Education
Specialized Theories in the Sociology of Education
Investigating Inequalities in Education
Efforts at Educational Reform
Social Change: What Can You Do?
8. Media - William Hoynes, Nicholas Hoynes, and Cameron J. Bunker
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 Problems
Specialized Theories in Contemporary Media and Social Problems Scholarship
Social Change: What Can You Do?
9. Families - Heather E. Dillaway, Allison Jendry James, and Nancy J. Mezey
Social and Historical Factors Shape Families
Patterns and Trends
Family Problems and Three Social Institutions
Using Theory to Understand Families
Specialized Theories for Understanding Families
Social Change: What Can You Do?
10. Work and the Economy - Jacqueline M. Zalewski
Work and the Labor Force
Patterns and Trends
Stakeholders
Using Theory to Examine Work and the Economy
Specialized Theories: Weber and Scientific Management
Social Change: What Can You Do?
11. Crime - Matthew Delsesto
Crime as a Social Problem
The Media and Public Perceptions of Crime
The Role of Power in Defining and Responding to Crime
Data Sources and Correlates of Crime
Patterns and Trends
The U.S. Criminal Justice System
Using Theory to Examine Crime
Specialized Theories About Crime
Social Change: What Can You Do?
12. Drugs - Scott Akins and Michelle Inderbitzin
Drug Use Across Time and Society
Prevalence of Drug Use in Society
Risks of Drug Use
Categories of Drugs
Drug Policy
Using Theory to Understand Drug Use
Specialized Theories on Drug Use
Social Change: What Can You Do?
13. Health - Valerie Leiter
What Are Disease and Illness?
Health Inequities
The U.S. Health Care System and Its Stakeholders
Using Theory to Understand Health
Specialized Theories
Social Change: What Can You Do?
14. The Environment - 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?
15. Science and Technology - Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott
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?
16. War and Terrorism - 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?
17. Urbanization - 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?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.5.2024
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: A. Javier Trevino • Intersectionality • Investigating Social Problems • Social Problems • societal issues • structural functionalism
• ISBN-10: 1-0719-1777-3 / 1071917773
• ISBN-13: 978-1-0719-1777-0 / 9781071917770