The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems
The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems
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USDThe introduction of the Affordable Care Act in the United States, the increasing use of prescription drugs, and the alleged abuse of racial profiling by police are just some of the factors contributing to twenty-first-century social problems. The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems offers a wide-ranging roster of the social problems currently pressing for attention and amelioration. Unlike other works in this area, it also gives great consideration to theoretical and methodological discussions. This Handbook will benefit both undergraduate and graduate students eager to understand the sociology of social problems. It is suitable for classes in social problems, current events, and social theory. Featuring the most current research, the Handbook provides an especially useful resource for sociologists and graduate students conducting research.
- A comprehensive compendium of the various social problems faced by contemporary society
- Theoretical and methodological treatments are emphasized allowing readers to conceptualize the sociological study of social problems and understand how research on social problems is currently being conducted
- The book is intended as both a useful supplementary text for classes in social problems, deviance, current events, and social theory, and as a valuable reference work for research scholars and libraries
Product details
March 2018Hardback
9781108426169
594 pages
261 × 185 × 33 mm
1.43kg
8 b/w illus. 6 tables
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Table of Contents
- Part I. General Concerns and Orientations in the Study of Social Problems:
- 1. The challenges of conceptualizing social problems Joseph Schneider
- 2. Research methods Amir Marvasti
- 3. Participatory action research and social problems Randy Stoecker
- 4. Public policy and social problems: recent trends in the formal control of individual behavior Mark Peyrot
- 5. Social problems in global perspective Yvonne A. Braun and Michael C. Dreiling
- 6. Bridging social movements and social problems Jaime Kucinskas
- 7. Public sociology and social problems Joshua Meisel and Mary Virnoche
- 8. Service sociology and social problems A. Javier Treviño
- 9. Astrosociology: social problems on Earth and in outer space Jim Pass
- 10. Prospects for the sociological study of social problems Joel Best, Donileen R. Loseke
- Part II. Historical and Theoretical Issues in the Study of Social Problems:
- 11. Settlement sociology Patricia Lengermann and Gillian Niebrugge
- 12. Chicago school: city as a social laboratory Roger Salerno
- 13. Luhmann's sociological systems theory and the study of social problems Werner Schirmer and Dimitris Michailakis
- 14. The conflict approach Steven E. Barkan
- 15. Radical interactionism and the symbolism of methamphetamine Michael A. Katovich
- 16. Social constructionism Peter R. Ibarra and Michael Adorjan
- Part III. Problems of Discrimination and Inequality:
- 17. Racism Heather M. Dalmage
- 18. Immigration Cecilia MenjÃvar and Andrea Gómez Cervantes
- 19. Gender inequality William J. Scarborough and Barbara Risman
- 20. Sexualities and homophobia Catherine A. Gildae
- 21. Poverty and income inequality: a cross-national perspective on social citizenship Eiko Strader and Joya Misra
- 22. Housing market discrimination W. Dennis Keating
- 23. Hunger and food insecurity Stephen J. Scanlan
- 24. Ageism, past and present W. Andrew Achenbaum
- 25. Disabilities Robyn Lewis Brown
- Part IV. Problems of Institutions:
- 26. Media and the construction of social problems William Hoynes
- 27. Family problems Donna Holland
- 28. Problems in education Peter A. J. Stevens, Vryonides Marios and A. Gary Dworkin
- 29. Problems of the workplace and workforce Héctor L. Delgado
- 30. Long-term unemployment in the United States Ofer Sharone, David Blustein and Carl E. Van Horn.
