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Observes social structures and inequalities with a critical, conflict perspective.   Taking a conflict approach, top-selling Social Problems 12e focuses on the underlying features of the social world in an effort to help students to understand today's social problems.     A consistently sociological approach in Social Problems Census Update establishes a coherent framework that allows students to view social problems as interrelated. The authors help students grasp society’s role in the creation and perpetuation of social problems by incorporating five major themes throughout the text, including: structural causes of social problems; role of the United States in global social problems; centrality of class, race, and gender as sources of division, inequality, and injustice; critical examination of society; and a progressive plan to solve problems.   The Census Update program incorporates 2010 Census data into a course–simply and easily. The components of the Census Update Program include an updated census edition with all charts and graphs–to reflect the results of the 2010 Census. In addition, A Short Introduction to the U.S. Census is available and an updated MySocLab.   Teaching & Learning Experience Personalize Learning – The new MySocLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Improve Critical Thinking - Feature questions encourage students to think globally about both current and impending social problems. Engage Students – Personal challenges regarding social problems are highlighted within the text in addition to opportunities for student involvement. Explore Theory – A progressive plan to solve social problems is proposed. Understand Diversity – The centrality of class, race, and gender as sources of division, inequality, and injustice is integrated heavily throughout the text. Support Instructors - Written activities and assessment in MySocLab offer instructors supplemental materials to help their students succeed. Note: MySocLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySocLab, please visit: www.mysoclab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySocLab (at no additional cost). ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205172431 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205172436

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Author:   D. Stanley Eitzen ,  Maxine Baca Zinn ,  Kelly Eitzen Smith
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   12th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.030kg
ISBN:  

9780205179077

ISBN 10:   020517907
Pages:   656
Publication Date:   21 February 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

IN THIS SECTION: 1. BRIEF 2. COMPREHENSIVE     BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:   Part I: Political Economy of Social Problems     Chapter 1:  The Sociological Approach to Social Problems     Chapter 2:   Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System       Part II: Problems of People, the Environment, and Location     Chapter 3:   World Population and Global Inequality     Chapter 4:   Threats to the Environment     Chapter 5:   Demographic Changes in the United States: The Browning and Graying of Society     Chapter 6:   Problems of Place: Urban, Suburban, and Rural       Part III: Problems of Inequality     Chapter 7:   Poverty     Chapter 8:   Racial and Ethnic Inequality     Chapter 9:   Gender Inequality     Chapter 10: Sexual Orientation     Chapter 11: Disability and Ableism       Part IV: Social Structure and Individual Deviance     Chapter 12: Crime and Justice     Chapter 13: Drugs       Part V: Institutional Problems     Chapter 14: The Economy and Work     Chapter 15: Families     Chapter 16: Education     Chapter 17: The Health Care System     Chapter 18: National Security in the Twenty-First Century       Part VI: Solutions     Chapter 19: Progressive Plan to Solve Social Problems         COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:   Part I: Political Economy of Social Problems   Chapter 1: The Sociological Approach to Social Problems     History of Social Problems Theory     Toward a Definition of Social Problems     Types of Social Problems     Norm Violations     Social Conditions     The Sociological Imagination     Social Structure as the Basic Unit of Analysis     Person-Blame Approach versus System-Blame Approach     Reasons for Focusing on the System-Blame Approach     Sociological Methods:  The Craft of Sociology Sociological Questions Problems in Collecting Data Sources of Data Organization of the Book       Chapter 2: Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System     U.S. Economy: Concentration of Corporate Wealth     Monopolistic Capitalism      Transnational Corporations     Concentration of Wealth     Political System: Links between Wealth and Power     Government by Interest Groups     Financing of Political Campaigns     Candidate Selection Process     Bias of the Political System     Consequences of Concentrated Power     Subsidies to Big Business     Trickle-Down Solutions     The Powerless Bear the Burden     Foreign Policy for Corporate Benefit     Reprise: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy       Part II: Problems of People, the Environment, and Location   Chapter 3: World Population and Global Inequality    World Population Growth     Demographic Transition     Family Planning     Societal Changes     Poverty     Food and Hunger     Sickness and Disease     The New Slavery     Concentration of Misery in Cities     U.S. Relations with the Developing World     Transnational Corporations     United States in the Global Village       Chapter 4: Threats to the Environment    Worldwide Environmental Problems     Degradation of the Land     Environmental Pollution and  Degradation     Global Environmental Crises     Fossil Fuel Dependence, Waste, and Environmental Degradation     Destruction of the Tropical Rain Forests and Other Forms of Deforestation     Global Warming     Sources of U.S. Environmental Problems     Cultural Sources     Structural Sources     Solutions to the Environmental Crises     Probusiness Voluntaristic Approach     Egalitarian/Authoritarian Plan     Control of Resource Use     International Implications of Environmental Problems       Chapter 5: Demographic Changes in the United States: The Browning and Graying of Society     Profile of the U.S. Population     New Immigration and the Changing Racial Landscape     Immigration and Increasing Diversity     Consequences of the New Immigration     Immigration and Agency     Effects of Immigration on Immigrants: Ethnic Identity or Assimilation?     The Aging Society     Demographic Trend    Demographic Portrait of the Current Elderly Population     Problems of an Aging Society     Social Security     Paying for Health Care     Elderly Abuse     Responses by the Elderly       Chapter 6: Problems of Place: Urban, Suburban, and Rural     Urban Problems     Urban Job Loss     Disinvestment     Federal Abandonment     Urban Poverty     Urban Housing Crisis     Decaying Infrastructure     Transportation, Pollution, and  the Environment     Health and Health Care     Urban Schools     Crime, Drugs, and Gangs     Suburban Problems     Suburban Sprawl     Automobile Dependency     Social Isolation in the Suburbs     Rural Problems     Poverty     Jobs in Rural Areas     Environment     Health Care and Delivery     Small-Town Decline     Crime and Illicit Drugs       Part III: Problems of Inequality   Chapter 7: Poverty     Extent of Poverty     Racial Minorities     Nativity     Gender     Age     Place     The New Poor     The Working Poor    The Near Poor     The Severely Poor     Myths about Poverty     Refusal to Work     Welfare Dependency     The Poor Get Special Advantages     Welfare Is an African American and Latino Program     Causes of Poverty     Deficiency Theories Structural Theories     Costs of Poverty     Elimination of Poverty       Chapter 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality     How to Think About Racial and Ethnic Inequality     Racial and Ethnic Minorities     Racial Categories     Differences among Ethnic Groups     Explanations of Racial and Ethnic Inequality     Deficiency Theories     Bias Theories     Structural Discrimination Theories     Discrimination Against African Americans and Latinos: Continuity and Change     Income     Education     Unemployment      Type of Employment      Health     Contemporary Trends and Issues in U.S. Racial and Ethnic Relations     Growing Racial Strife     More Racially Based Groups and Activities     Social and Economic Isolation in U.S. Inner Cities     Racial Policies in the New Century       Chapter 9: Gender Inequality     Women and Men Are Differentiated and Ranked     Is Gender Biological or Social?     Gender and Power     What Causes Gender Inequality?     Socialization versus Structure: Two Approaches to Gender Inequality     Learning Gender      Children at Home     Children at Play     Formal Education     Socialization as Blaming the Victim     Reinforcing Male Dominance     Language     Interpersonal Behavior     Mass Communications Media     Religion     The Law     Politics     Structured Gender Inequality     Occupational Distribution     The Earnings Gap     Intersection of Race and Gender in the Workplace     Pay Equity     How Workplace Inequality Operates     Gender in the Global Economy     Costs and Consequences of Sexism     Who Benefits?     The Social and Individual Costs     Fighting the System     Feminist Movements in the United States     Women’s Struggles in the Twenty-First Century       Chapter 10: Sexual Orientation     Social Deviance     Gay and Lesbian Community: An Overview     Defining Homosexuality     Roots of Homosexuality     Numbers: How Many Gays and Lesbians?     Interpersonal Relationships and Domestic Arrangements among Gays and Lesbians     Discrimination     Ideological Oppression     Legal Oppression: The Law and the Courts     Occupational Discrimination     Fighting the System: Human Agency       Chapter 11: Disability and Ableism     Definitions     Individual Model of Disability     Social Model of Disability     Toward a More Complete Definition of Disability     People with Disabilities as a Minority Group     Defined as Different     Derogatory Naming     Minority as a Master Status     Categorization, Stigma, and Stereotypes     Exclusion and Segregation     Matrix of Domination     Discrimination     Issues of Gender, Sexual Behavior, and Fertility     Gender Stereotyping     Sexual Relationships     Physical and Sexual Abuse     Abortion Issue     Agency     Disability Rights Movement     Americans with Disabilities Act     Conclusion       Part IV: Social Structure and Individual Deviance   Chapter 12: Crime and Justice     Crime in Society     What Is Crime?     Crime Rates     Demographic Characteristics of People Arrested for Crimes     Categories of Crime     Unjust System of Justice     Laws     Police     Judicial Process     Correctional System     The Criminal Label Stopping the Cradle to Prison Pipeline   Chapter 13: Drugs     The Politics of Drugs     Historical Legality of Drugs     Factors Influencing Drug Laws and Enforcement     Drug Use in U.S. Society     Commonly Abused Illegal Drugs     Legal but Dangerous Drugs     Drug Use Patterns by Class, Race, and Gender     Why Use Drugs?     U.S. Official Policy: A War on Drugs     Consequences of Official Drug Policies     Is the Drug War Racist?     Alternatives     Regulation of Trade or Use through Licensing and Taxation     Noninterference   Address the Social Causes of Drug Use     Part V: Institutional Problems   Chapter 14: The Economy and Work     Capitalism and Socialism Capitalism Socialism Mega Economic Trends The Structural Transformation of the Economy Globalization The Great Recession Work and Social Problems     Control of Workers     Alienation     Worker Compensation Dangerous Working Conditions     Sweatshops     Unions and Their Decline     Unemployment     Job Insecurity Benefits Insecurity Increased Workload Worker Compensation   Chapter 15: Families The Mythical Family in the United States     U.S. Families in Historical Perspective: The Family in Capitalism     Stratification and Family Life: Unequal Life Chances     Changing Families in a Changing World     Economic Transformation and Family Life     Today’s Diverse Family Forms     Balancing Work and Family with Few Social Supports     Single Parents and Their Children     Societal Response to Disadvantaged Children     Divorce     Consequences of Divorce     Children of Divorce     Violence in U.S. Families     Violence and the Social Organization of the Family     Intimate Partner Violence     Child Abuse and Neglect       Chapter 16: Education     Characteristics of Education in the United States     Education as a Conserving Force     Mass Education A Fragmented Educational System     Local Control of Education    A Lack of Curricular Standardization  “Sifting” and “Sorting” Function of Schools     Preoccupation with Order and Control     Education and Inequality     Financing Public Education     Family Economic Resources     Higher Education and Stratification     Segregation     Tracking and Teachers’ Expectations     Possibilities for Promoting Equality of Opportunity     Provide Universal Preschool Programs     Offer Free Education     Set National Education Standards Reduce Funding Disparities Across States and Districts Reducing Class and School Size     Attract and Retain Excellent Teachers     Extend the School Day and Year     Hold Educators Accountable     Reform the Educational Philosophy of Schools     Restructure Society       Chapter 17: The Health Care System     The Crisis in Health Care: Cost, Coverage, and Consequences Rising Health Care Costs     Does the High Cost of Health Care Translate into Good Health Consequences? The Health Care System in the United States Different Plans for Different Categories Private Insurance For Profit Hospitals Managed Care Networks. Unequal Access to Health Care     Social Class     Race/Ethnicity     Gender     HIV/AIDS:  The Intersection of Class, Race, and Gender Models for National Health Care:  Lessons from Other Societies The Bismarck Model The Beveridge Model The National Health Insurance Model Reforming the Health Care System in the United States The Politics of Health Reform The Obama Plan   Chapter 18: National Security in the Twenty-First Century     The U.S. Military Establishment     The Size of the U.S. Military     The Cost of Maintaining U.S. Military Superiority     The Threat of Nuclear Weapons     The Terrorism Threat   Domestic Terrorism International Terrorism U.S. National Security and the War on Terror     The Precipitating Event     A Rush to War     The War in Iraq     The Iraq War:  An Evaluation Consequences of the U.S. Responses to 9/11     The Costs of the War     The Legacy of the War     Strategies to Combat the New Terrorism     Lesson 1: Military Might Alone Does Not Make a Nation Secure     Lesson 2: Vengeance Is Self-Defeating     Lesson 3: The Solution to Terrorism Is to Address Its Root Causes     Lesson 4: In Planning for War, the Question Guiding the Plan Must Be, How Does the Conflict End?     Lesson 5: The U.S. Goal of Spreading Democracy in the Middle East Will Likely Fail     Lesson 6: The Path to the Moral High Ground Goes through International Organizations and International Law       Part VI: Solutions   Chapter 19: Progressive Plan To Solve Social Problems     Sociology, Social Problems, and Social Change     The Sociological Imagination and Social Problems     Sociological Paradox: Structure and Agency     Sociological Dilemma: Recognition and Rejection    Progressive Principles to Guide Public Policy     Is a Progressive Social Policy Possible?     Should a Progressive Plan Be Adopted by U.S. Society?     Financing the Progressive Agenda     Is There Any Hope of Instituting a Social Agenda Based on Progressive Principles?     Human Agency: Social Change from the Bottom Up     Individuals Protesting and Organizing for Change 

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D. Stanley Eitzen (Ph.D. University of Kansas) is professor emeritus in sociology from Colorado State University, where previously he was the John N. Stern Distinguished Professor.  Among his books are Social Problems (with Maxine Baca Zinn and Kelly Eitzen Smith)and Diversity in Families (with Maxine Baca Zinn and Barbara Wells), both of which received McGuffey Awards from the Text and Academic Authors Association for excellence and longevity over multiple editions. He is also the author and co-author of four Solutions to Social Problems volumes with Allyn & Bacon; Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis (with Doug A. Timmer and Kathryn Talley); Sociology of North American Sport (with George H. Sage); and Fair and Foul: Rethinking the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport.  He has served as the president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and as editor of The Social Science Journal.   Maxine Baca Zinn (Ph.D. University of Oregon) is Professor Emeritus in sociology at Michigan State University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. Her main research interests are racial inequality, gender, and family life. She is the author and co-author of many other books, including Diversity in Families (with D. Stanley Eitzen and Barbara Wells),Social Problems (with D. Stanley Eitzen and Kelly Eitzen Smith), Women of Color in U.S. Society, Gender Through the Prism of Difference, and Globalization: The Transformation of Social Worlds. In 2000, she received the ASA Jessie Bernard Career Award.   Kelly Eitzen Smith received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Arizona.  She is currently the director of the Center for Applied Sociology and a lecturer at the University of Arizona.  At the Center for Applied Sociology she has conducted research in the areas of day labor, homelessness, poverty, urban housing and neighborhood development. Her sociological interests include gender, family, sexuality, stratification, and social problems.  She is also the co-author of Experiencing Poverty (with D.Stanley Eitzen), andSocial Problems (with D. Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca Zinn).

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