Contemporary social problems

by Merton, Robert King NISBET, Robert A.

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Title Statements

Full title :Contemporary social problems / edited by Robert K. Merton and Robert Nisbet.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1976.
Edition:4th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1976.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 782 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:015513793X, 9780155137936
oclc:ocm02235938
LC Classification:HN18
Dewey Decimal:301

Introduction: the sociology of social problems / Robert K. Merton -- Crime and juvenile delinquency / Albert K. Cohen and James F. Short, Jr. -- Mental disorders / John A. Clausen -- Drug use / John A. Clausen -- Alcoholism and problem drinking / Robert Straus -- Sexual behavior / Kingsley Davis -- The world's population crisis / Kingsley Davis -- Equality and inequality / Seymour Martin Lipset -- Age and aging / Matilda White Riley and Joan Waring -- Sex roles / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein -- Race and intergroup relations / Thomas Fraser Pettigrew -- Family disorganization / William J. Goode -- Community disorganization and urban problems / James S. Coleman -- The world of work / Robert S. Weiss, Edwin Harwood and David Riesman -- Poverty and proletariat / David Matza and Henry Miller -- Collective violence / Amitai Etzioni -- Epilogue: the future and social problems / Robert Nisbet.