Social Problems Social Issues Social Science

Author : James Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351489751

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Social Problems, Social Issues, Social Science by James Wright Pdf

Sociology has tackled some of the most formidable problems that confront contemporary society: inequality, homelessness, violence, gender, and many more. Sociologists assert that hypotheses can be formulated and tested against empirical evidence, that faulty viewpoints can be uncovered and discarded, and that plausible theory can be distinguished from mere ideology. This collection was written over a span of forty-four years and is presented in the belief that sociology is a science.In Social Problems, Social Issues, Social Science, James D. Wright presents his research on some of the social issues that have most vexed America: homelessness, addiction, divorce, minimum wage, and gun control, among others. Starting with essays first published in the flagship journal Society, Wright offers readers a foundational look at specific social problems and the methods sociologists have used to study them. He then provides an up-to-date re-examination of each issue, analysing the changes that have occurred over time and how sociologists have responded to it.This book is both a retrospective on the field and on one scholar's life and work. Using his own experience in researching and writing about America's most trenchant social issues, Wright describes the evolution of the methods and theory used by social scientists to understand and, ultimately, to confront America's most troublesome social problems.

Author : James D. Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Social problems
ISBN : 1412865018

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Social Problems, Social Issues, Social Science by James D. Wright Pdf

Sociology has tackled some of the most formidable problems that confront contemporary society: inequality, homelessness, violence, gender, and many more. Sociologists assert that hypotheses can be formulated and tested against empirical evidence, that faulty viewpoints can be uncovered and discarded, and that plausible theory can be distinguished from mere ideology. This collection was written over a span of forty-four years and is presented in the belief that sociology is a science. In Social Problems, Social Issues, Social Science, James D. Wright presents his research on some of the social issues that have most vexed America: homelessness, addiction, divorce, minimum wage, and gun control, among others. Starting with essays first published in the flagship journal Society, Wright offers readers a foundational look at specific social problems and the methods sociologists have used to study them. He then provides an up-to-date re-examination of each issue, analysing the changes that have occurred over time and how sociologists have responded to it. This book is both a retrospective on the field and on one scholar's life and work. Using his own experience in researching and writing about America's most trenchant social issues, Wright describes the evolution of the methods and theory used by social scientists to understand and, ultimately, to confront America's most troublesome social problems.

Author : Vincent N. Parrillo
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1209 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-22
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781412941655

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Encyclopedia of Social Problems by Vincent N. Parrillo Pdf

From terrorism to social inequality and from health care to environmental issues, social problems affect us all. The Encyclopedia will offer an interdisciplinary perspective into these and many other social problems that are a continuing concern in our lives, whether we confront them on a personal, local, regional, national, or global level.

Author : James A. Crone
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412993586

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How Can We Solve Our Social Problems? by James A. Crone Pdf

Updated with recent issues such as the national debate on health care reform, this Second Edition of How Can We Solve Our Social Problems? gives students a sense of hope by demonstrating specific, realistic steps we can take to solve some of the most pervasive social problems in America today. Author James Crone maintains a sense of sociological objectivity throughout and helps students realize that we can take steps to solve such key social problems as poverty, racial and ethnic inequality, unequal education, and environmental issues. The book's first two chapters define "social problem,," provide a theoretical background, discuss the daunting barriers we face in attempting to solve social problems, and demonstrate how sociology can help.

Author : Jerome G. Manis
Publisher : New York : Praeger
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015005710234

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Analyzing Social Problems by Jerome G. Manis Pdf

Presents a sense of sociological attitude and appreciation of world problems.

Author : Margaret May,Robert Page,Edward Brunsdon
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0631220305

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Understanding Social Problems by Margaret May,Robert Page,Edward Brunsdon Pdf

This up-to-date and accessible text fills an important gap in the market by introducing students to social policy perspectives on social problems. Written in an accessible, student-friendly style, using subheadings, boxed material, tables, and up-to-date examples Each chapter includes a brief outline of the issues to be explored and question sections to help learning, develop evaluative skills and encourage project work Includes an annotated guide to further reading, helpful internet addresses, and a bibliography of sources cited Chapters can be used independently or in conjunction with others addressing related questions

Author : Professor John C Alessio
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781409494584

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Social Problems and Inequality by Professor John C Alessio Pdf

Social Problems and Inequality explores integrated and root-cause-based explanations of complex social problems. Written in clear and understandable language, allowing it to be used for classroom purposes, it addresses the most fundamental principles of how humans, acting through social units, create, and eventually can remedy, social problems. With a central focus on the problem of inequality and the manner in which this is manifested in crime, social class and stratification, this book examines the key theoretical perspectives relevant to the study and solution of social problems, whilst drawing upon rich illustrations and case studies from the US and Europe to offer a thorough examination of the nature, common root causes and social remedies of social problems. Providing discussions of both theoretical approaches and concrete applications, Social Problems and Inequality investigates the sources of various prejudices and attitudes that contribute to social problems and the associated issues of globalization, economic greed and imperialism. Accessible in style and comprehensive in its coverage, this book will appeal to students and scholars of social problems across the social sciences.

Author : John Alessio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317053569

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Social Problems and Inequality by John Alessio Pdf

Social Problems and Inequality explores integrated and root-cause-based explanations of complex social problems. Written in clear and understandable language, allowing it to be used for classroom purposes, it addresses the most fundamental principles of how humans, acting through social units, create, and eventually can remedy, social problems. With a central focus on the problem of inequality and the manner in which this is manifested in crime, social class and stratification, this book examines the key theoretical perspectives relevant to the study and solution of social problems, whilst drawing upon rich illustrations and case studies from the US and Europe to offer a thorough examination of the nature, common root causes and social remedies of social problems. Providing discussions of both theoretical approaches and concrete applications, Social Problems and Inequality investigates the sources of various prejudices and attitudes that contribute to social problems and the associated issues of globalization, economic greed and imperialism. Accessible in style and comprehensive in its coverage, this book will appeal to students and scholars of social problems across the social sciences.

Author : Malcolm Spector,John I. Kitsuse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351526333

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Constructing Social Problems by Malcolm Spector,John I. Kitsuse Pdf

There is no adequate definition of social problems within sociology, and there is not and never has been a sociology of social problems. That observation is the point of departure of this book. The authors aim to provide such a definition and to prepare the ground for the empirical study of social problems. They are aware that their objective will strike many fellow sociologists as ambitious, perhaps even arrogant. Their work challenges sociologists who have, over a period of fifty years, written treatises on social problems, produced textbooks cataloguing the nature, distribution, and causes of these problems, and taught many sociology courses. It is only natural that the authors' work will be viewed as controversial in light of the large literature which has established a "sociology of" a wide range of social problems-the sociology of race relations, prostitution, poverty, crime, mental illness, and so forth. In the 1970s when the authors were preparing for a seminar on the sociology of social problems, their review of the "literature" revealed the absence of any systematic, coherent statement of theory or method in the study of social problems. For many years the subject was listed and offered by university departments of sociology as a "service course" to present undergraduates with what they should know about the various "social pathologies" that exist in their society. This conception of social problems for several decades has been reflected in the substance and quality of the literature dominated by textbooks. In 'Constructing Social Problems', the authors propose that social problems be conceived as the claims-making activities of individuals or groups regarding social conditions they consider unjust, immoral, or harmful and that should be addressed. This perspective, as the authors have formulated it, conceives of social problems as a process of interaction that produces social problems as social facts in society. The authors further propose that this process and the social facts it produces are the data to be researched for the sociology of social problems. This volume will be of interest to those concerned with the discipline of sociology, especially its current theoretical development and growth.

Author : Vincent N. Parrillo,John Stimson,Ardyth Stimson
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0023917318

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Contemporary Social Problems by Vincent N. Parrillo,John Stimson,Ardyth Stimson Pdf

Author : Murray Levine,Leah Wallach
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Forensic psychiatry
ISBN : IND:30000116336466

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Psychological Problems, Social Issues, and Law by Murray Levine,Leah Wallach Pdf

The much-anticipated Second Edition of "Psychological Problems, Social Issues, and Law" offers updated research, legal cases, and new examples. The text uses historical and systems perspectives to examine the interaction between the social science community and the law. Each chapter contains a historical or a philosophical introduction to a problem, followed by discussion of the major legal issues and reviews of a wide range of research, including experimental literature. In addition to addressing many topics typically covered in psychology and law texts, Levine emphasizes social problems, dealing with issues such as abortion, intimate partner violence, divorce and custody, child protection, and more."

Author : Adam Jamrozik,Luisa Nocella
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998-07-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521599326

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The Sociology of Social Problems by Adam Jamrozik,Luisa Nocella Pdf

Social problems such as unemployment, poverty and drug addiction are a fact of life in industrialised societies. This book examines the sociology of social problems from interesting and challenging perspectives. It analyses how social problems emerge and are defined as such, who takes responsibility for them, who is threatened by them and how they are managed, solved or ignored. The authors examine and critique existing theories of social problems before developing their own theoretical framework. Their 'theory of residualist conversion of social problems' explains how certain social problems threaten legitimate power structures, so that problems of a social or political nature are transformed into personal problems, and the 'helping professions' are left to intervene. This book will become a key reference on class, inequality and social intervention and an important text for students in sociology and social work courses.

Author : Ronald J. Berger
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0202366111

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Fathoming the Holocaust by Ronald J. Berger Pdf

Fathoming the Holocaust represents the culmination of a singular effort to attempt to explain the Final Solution to the "Jewish Problem" in terms of a general theory of social problems construction. The book is comprehensive in scope, covering the origins and emergence of the Final Solution, wartime reaction to it, and the postwar memory of the genocide. It does so within the framework of a social problems construction, a perspective that treats social problems not as a condition but as an activity that identifies and defines problems, persuades others that something must be done about them, and generates practical programs of remedial action. Berger holds that social problems have a "natural history," that is, they evolve through a sequence of stages that entail the development and unfolding of claims about problems and the formulation and implementation of solutions. Fathoming the Holocaust is therefore a book that aims to advance sociological understanding of the Holocaust, not simply to describe its history, but to examine its social construction, that is, to understand it as a consequence of concerted human activity. In doing so, Berger hopes to encourage the teaching of the Holocaust in the social scientific curricula of higher education. In contrast to the extensive historical literature on the Holocaust, Berger offers a distinctly sociological approach that examines how the Holocaust was constructed--first as a social policy designed by the Nazis, implemented by functionaries, and resisted by its victims and opponents; later as several varying layers of historical memory. The scope of this book extends from the prewar through the contemporary periods, focusing on the societal issues governing the interpreting of these events in Israel, the German Federal Republic, and the United States. Berger's is a text with both large general interest and essential material for courses in social problems, European history, and Jewish studies. Ronald J. Berger, professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, has previously published six books and numerous articles and book chapters. His earlier book on the Holocaust was a sociological account of his father and uncle's survival experiences.

Author : Lorne Tepperman,Jenny Blain,Sandra Badin
Publisher : Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : PSU:000046528643

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Think Twice! by Lorne Tepperman,Jenny Blain,Sandra Badin Pdf

For use as a supplemental reader in the Introductory Sociology, Global Issues, and Culture & Society courses. This text lets students realize for themselves that a "sociological imagination" can help them understand the burning questions of today's society, and that this kind of thinking is within their grasp. It illustrates how understanding society means engaging with its issues. The book consists of a series of debates in which multiple sides of today's hottest topics are examined-Is the environment improving? Is religion dead? Do poor people create their own poverty? Should marijuana be legalized? Is ethnic nationalism destructive? Revealing how much sociology has to contribute to our understanding of these topics, it encourages readers to Think Twice...then think again.

Author : Frank Kew
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781136364402

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Sport: Social Problems and Issues by Frank Kew Pdf

Sport: Social Problems and Issues provides a detailed analysis and critique of contemporary social problems and issues for the coach, organizer, teacher or student of sport. Drawing upon perspectives from social science, it examines change and development of modern sport, both nationally and internationally, enabling students and practitioners to address those problems and issues which threaten the integrity of sport. Frank Kew is the course tutor for the B.A. in Leisure, Recreation and Community at Bradford and Ilkley College and has been an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.