Social problems / D. Stanley Eitzen, Colorado State University, Maxine Baca Zinn, Michigan State University, Kelly Eitzen Smith, University of Arizona, Drachman Institute.
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Description
xviii, 558 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-529) and index.
Contents
Political economy of social problems -- The sociological approach to social problems -- Wealth and power: the bias of the system -- Problems of people, the environment, and location -- World population and global inequality -- Threats to the environment -- Demographic changes in the United States : the browning and graying of society -- Problems of place: urban, suburban, and rural -- Problems of inequality -- Poverty -- Racial and ethnic inequality -- Gender inequality -- Sexual orientation -- Disability and ableism -- Social structure and individual deviance -- Crime and justice -- Drugs -- Institutional problems -- The economy and work -- Families -- Education -- The healthcare system -- National security in the twenty-first century -- Solutions -- Progressive plan to solve social problems.