Overview

Focus on Social Problems: A Contemporary Reader, Third Edition, exposes students to current issues in the field. The selections in this reader help students understand how social problems are defined and constructed, increase their empirical knowledge about the causes and consequences of social problems, and develop empathy. Working from a critical social constructionist foundation, the readings address a wide variety of social problems. Editors Mindy Stombler and Amanda M. Jungels include a combination of research-based articles and popular media pieces. Each chapter opens with an interview of a social-change activist doing work related to the chapter's featured social problem, giving students an opportunity to envision themselves as agents of social change.

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""Focus on Social Problems is top-notch, and offers timely and up-to-date readings on a wide variety of topics. It could be paired with just about any Social Problems course."" Stephen Merino, Colorado Mesa University ""This reader offers engaging articles written by sociologists, advocates, and practitioners on key topics in social problems which offers students insights into the causes, consequences, and solutions to inequality in the U.S. It helps students connect with social problems and see how they impact U.S. society, and individuals' lives."" Erik Kojola, Texas Christian University

Author Information

Mindy Stombler, Ph.D., is a principal senior lecturer of sociology at Georgia State University. Amanda M. Jungels, Ph.D., is Director of Pedagogy in the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Chicago.

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