Investigating Social Problems Interactive ebook

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4833-8203-6
Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc

Sonstiges, Englisch, 1 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 30 g

Investigating Social Problems thoroughly examines all aspects of social problems, providing a contemporary and authoritative introduction to the field. Each chapter is written by a specialist on that particular topic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Trevino, A. Javier

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: The Sociological Study of Social Problems
Chapter 1: Social Problems (Javier Trevino)
Introduction
The Sociological Study of Social Problems

The Sociological Imagination
Sociological Research
Three Sociological Theories
Applying the Three Theories to Social Problems
Social Policy
Specialized Theories
Service Sociology and Social Problems
Part II: Problems of Inequality
Chapter 2: Poverty (Keith Kilty)
Introduction
Patterns and Trends
Social Class
Inequality
Using Theory to Explain Poverty, Class, and Inequality: The View from a Functionalist, Symbolic Interactionist, and Conflict Perspective
Specialized Theory Beyond Functionalism, Interactionism, and Conflict
Social Change: What Can We Do?
Chapter 3: Race (Eileen O’Brien)
Defining Race and Ethnicity in a New Millennium
Patterns and Trends
Using Theory to Explain Racial Inequality: The View from a Functionalist, Symbolic Interactionist, and Conflict Perspective
Specialized Theories Beyond Functionalism, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionism
Chapter 4: Gender (Robyn Ryle)
Defining gender inequality
Feminism, men, and the study of gender as a social problem
Looking at gender on college campuses
Using functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interaction theory to understand gender inequality
Queer theory: an interdisciplinary perspective on gender
Social change: What can you do?
Chapter 5: Sexuality (Rebecca Plante)
Introduction
Patterns and Trends in Sexuality-Related Social Problems
Using Theory to Understand Sex Work and Prostitution: The View from the Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interaction Perspectives
Examples of Theories Applied to Sexualities
Social Change: What Can You Do?
Chapter 6: Aging (Duane Matcha)
Introduction
Patterns and Trends

Using Theory: The View from the Functionalist, Symbolic Interaction and Conflict Perspectives

Specialized Theory about Aging

Social Change: What Can You Do?

Part III: Problems of Institutions

Chapter 7: Education (Ryan Coughlan)

Introduction
Patterns and Trends

U.S. Educational System and Interest Groups

Using Sociological Theories in Education

Specialized Theories in the Sociology of Education

Explanations of Educational Inequality

Educational Reform from the 1980s to 2012

Social Change: What Can You Do?

Chapter 8: Media (William Hoynes)

Introduction

Patterns and Trends in Media Portrayals of Social Problems

Debating Media as a Cause of Social Problems

Emergent Social Problems and New Media Technology

Using Theory: The View from the Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interaction Perspectives

Theories In Contemporary Media And Social Problems Scholarship

Social Change: What Can You Do?

Chapter 9: Family (Meg Wilkes Karraker)

Introduction

Trends
Family Problems and Three Institutional Stakeholders

Using Theory: The View from the Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interaction Perspectives

Specialized Family Theories

Social Change: What Can You Do?

Chapter 10: Work and the Economy (Rudi Volti)

Introduction
Patterns and Trends

Stakeholders
Using Theory: The Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

Specialized Theories: Weber and Scientific Management

Social Change: What Can You Do?

Part IV: Problems of Health and Safety

Chapter 11: Crime (Susan Guarino-Ghezzi and Kathleen Currul-Dykeman)

Introduction
Patterns and Trends

The U.S. Criminal Justice System and Its Stakeholders

Using Theory: The View from the Functionalist, Conflict and Symbolic Interaction Perspectives

Specialized Theories about Crime

Social Change: What Can You Do?

Chapter 12: Alcohol and Other Drugs (Brian C. Kelly and Dina Perrone)

Drugs and Society

Addiction and Other Harms

Patterns of Drug Use

Using Theory: The View from the Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

Specialized Theories

Social Change: What Can You Do?

Chapter 13: Health (Kevin White)

Introduction
Patterns and Trends

The U.S. Health care System and Its Stakeholders

Using Theory: The View from the Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

Specialized Theories

Social Change: What Can You Do?

Part V: Problems of Global Impact

Chapter 14: Environment (Katharine Legun and Michael M. Bell)

Introduction: Environmental Problems as Social Problems

Patterns and Trends

Theoretical Perspectives in Environmental Sociology

Specialized theories

What You Can Do: Social Change for the Environment

Chapter 15: Science and Technology (Wenda Bauchspies)

Introduction: Hacking and Cybercrimes around the World

Science and Technology as Socially Defined

Patterns and Trends

Science, Technology and Their Stakeholders

Using Theory: The View from the Functionalist, Conflict and Symbolic Interaction Perspectives

Specialized Theories

Social Change: What Can You Do?

Chapter 16: War (Paul Joseph)

Introduction: War as a Social Concept

Patterns and Trends

The Future of War

Using Theory: The view from the Functionalist, Conflict and Symbolic Interaction Perspectives

Specialized Theory: The Civil-Military Gap Thesis

Terrorism
Social Change: What Can You Do?

Chapter 17: Population (Michael Borer and Tyler Schafer)

Urbanization, Growth, and Social Problems

Patterns and Trends

Theories of Urban Growth and Urbanization

Specialized Theories

Research Spotlight: The Las Vegas Metropolitan Area Social Survey – Quality of Life in a Boom and Bust City

Social Change: What Can You Do in Your City, Suburb, or Town?

Über Autor(innen)

Trevino, A. Javier
A. Javier Treviño is the author and editor of several books including The Social Thought of C. Wright Mills (SAGE, 2012), Investigating Social Problems (SAGE, 2014) and C. Wright Mills and the Cuban Revolution: An Exercise in the Art of Sociological Imagination (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). He has served as President of the Justice Studies Association (2000–2002) and as President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (2010–2011). He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, UK (2006), a Fulbright Scholar to the Republic of Moldova (2009), and since 2014 has been a Visiting Professor in Social and Political Theory at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.