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Social Problems Readings with Four Questions

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ISBN-10: 113331824X

ISBN-13: 9781133318248

Edition: 4th 2012

Authors: Joel M. Charon, Lee G. Vigilant

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A unique and groundbreaking collection of fifty-four articles organized in eleven thematic sections, SOCIAL PROBLEMS: READINGS WITH FOUR QUESTIONS, Fourth Edition, combines a rigorous structural/conflict approach with a strong emphasis on the real-life experiences of those impacted by social problems. The articles include both classic and contemporary readings covering a wide range of issues in the United States and around the world. The introductory article, written by Joel M. Charon, introduces four questions that students are urged to apply throughout the reader: What is the problem? What makes the problem a "social problem"? What causes the problem? What can be done? These questions…    
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Book details

List price: $86.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 1/13/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.10" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.552
Language: English

An Introduction to Social Problems
An Introduction to the Study of Social Problems
What�s Wrong with Declaring War on Social Problems
Social Problems and American Culture
What�s Wrong with the American Dream?
Consumerism and Americans
The Debasing of Education
Social Problems: Economic Inequality and Poverty
The Global Economy and the Privileged Class
Inheritance and Privilege
Why Are People Poor in America
The Silver Spoon: Inheritance and the Staggered Start
Social Problems: Work and Unemployment
Reshaping the Contours of the New Economy
The Economic Plight of Inner City Black Males
The Vanishing Middle Class
The Demeaning of Work
Social Problems: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
Laissez-Faire Racism
Latino Lives in a Changing America
Fences and Neighbors: Segregation in 21st-Century America
Group Justice in the 21st Century
Social Problems: Immigration
Immigration and Race in the United States
The New Case Against Immigration
Understanding the World of New Slavery
Hmong American Youth
Immigrants� Preconceptions of Race
Social Problems: Gender Inequality and Issues in Sexual Orientation
Flat Broke with Children
Selling Women Short: Inequality and Wall Street
The Betrayal of the American Man
African American Girls, Inequality, and Violence
Homosexuality and American Citizenship
Social Problems: Crime and Drugs
Violence and the Inner-City Code
White Collar Crime
Drugs: America�s Holy War
Social Problems Related to the Family
Social Problems Related to Education
Social Problems Related to Health Care
Social Problems Related to Political Institutions, Violence, and Terrorism
Social Problems Related to Population and Environment