Social Problems

Table of Contents

• • 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

• Researching

• 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