Social Problems

Social Problems: Continuity and Change is a realistic and motivating look at the many issues that are facing our society today. As this book’s subtitle, Continuity and Change, implies, social problems are persistent, but they have also improved in the past and can be improved in the present and future, provided that our nation has the wisdom and will to address them.

- Publisher Information
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
Chapter 1: Understanding Social Problems
- 1.1 What Is a Social Problem?
- 1.2 Sociological Perspectives on Social Problems
- 1.3 Continuity and Change in Social Problems
- 1.4 Doing Research on Social Problems
- 1.5 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 2: Poverty
- 2.1 The Measurement and Extent of Poverty
- 2.2 Who the Poor Are: Social Patterns of Poverty
- 2.3 Explaining Poverty
- 2.4 The Consequences of Poverty
- 2.5 Global Poverty
- 2.6 Reducing Poverty
- 2.7 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 3: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
- 3.1 Racial and Ethnic Inequality: A Historical Prelude
- 3.2 The Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
- 3.3 Prejudice
- 3.4 Discrimination
- 3.5 Dimensions of Racial and Ethnic Inequality
- 3.6 Explaining Racial and Ethnic Inequality
- 3.7 Reducing Racial and Ethnic Inequality
- 3.8 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 4: Gender Inequality
- 4.1 Understanding Sex and Gender
- 4.2 Feminism and Sexism
- 4.3 Dimensions of Gender Inequality
- 4.4 Violence against Women: Rape and Sexual Assault
- 4.5 The Benefits and Costs of Being Male
- 4.6 Reducing Gender Inequality
- 4.7 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 5: Sexual Orientation and Inequality
- 5.1 Understanding Sexual Orientation
- 5.2 Public Attitudes about Sexual Orientation
- 5.3 Inequality Based on Sexual Orientation
- 5.4 Improving the Lives of the LGBT Community
- 5.5 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 6: Aging and Ageism
- 6.1 The Concept and Experience of Aging
- 6.2 Perspectives on Aging
- 6.3 Life Expectancy and the Graying of Society
- 6.4 Biological and Psychological Aspects of Aging
- 6.5 Problems Facing Older Americans
- 6.6 Reducing Ageism and Helping Older Americans
- 6.7 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 7: Alcohol and Other Drugs
- 7.1 Drug Use in History
- 7.2 Drugs and Drug Use Today
- 7.3 Social Patterning of Drug Use
- 7.4 Explaining Drug Use
- 7.5 Drug Policy and the War on Illegal Drugs
- 7.6 Addressing the Drug Problem and Reducing Drug Use
- 7.7 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 8: Crime and Criminal Justice
- 8.1 The Problem of Crime
- 8.2 Types of Crime
- 8.3 Who Commits Crime?
- 8.4 Explaining Crime
- 8.5 The Criminal Justice System
- 8.6 Reducing Crime
- 8.7 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 9: Sexual Behavior
- 9.1 An Overview of Heterosexuality
- 9.2 Teenage Sex and Pregnancy
- 9.3 Abortion
- 9.4 Prostitution
- 9.5 Pornography
- 9.6 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 10: The Changing Family
- 10.1 Overview of the Family
- 10.2 Sociological Perspectives on the Family
- 10.3 Changes and Problems in American Families
- 10.4 Families in the Future
- 10.5 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 11: Schools and Education
- 11.1 An Overview of Education in the United States
- 11.2 Sociological Perspectives on Education
- 11.3 Issues and Problems in Elementary and Secondary Education
- 11.4 Issues and Problems in Higher Education
- 11.5 Improving Schools and Education
- 11.6 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 12: Work and the Economy
- 12.1 Overview of the Economy
- 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Work and the Economy
- 12.3 Problems in Work and the Economy
- 12.4 Improving Work and the Economy
- 12.5 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 13: Health and Health Care
- 13.1 Sociological Perspectives on Health and Health Care
- 13.2 Global Aspects of Health and Health Care
- 13.3 Problems of Health in the United States
- 13.4 Problems of Health Care in the United States
- 13.5 Improving Health and Health Care
- 13.6 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 14: Urban and Rural Problems
- 14.1 A Brief History of Urbanization
- 14.2 Sociological Perspectives on Urbanization
- 14.3 Problems of Urban Life
- 14.4 Problems of Rural Life
- 14.5 Improving Urban and Rural Life
- 14.6 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 15: Population and the Environment
- 15.1 Sociological Perspectives on Population and the Environment
- 15.2 Population
- 15.3 The Environment
- 15.4 Addressing Population Problems and Improving the Environment
- 15.5 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 16: War and Terrorism
- 16.1 Sociological Perspectives on War and Terrorism
- 16.2 War
- 16.3 Terrorism
- 16.4 Preventing War and Stopping Terrorism
- 16.5 End-of-Chapter Material
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