Understanding social problems

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This is a comprehensive text that takes a theoretically balanced, student-centered approach to social problems. It progresses from a micro- to macro-level of analysis, focusing first on such problems as illness and health care, drugs and alcohol and then broadening to the larger issues of poverty and inequality.-http://www.booksinprint.com.

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Full title :Understanding social problems / Linda A. Mooney, David Knox, Caroline Schacht.

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Publication Date:2008.

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Publisher(s):Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Place of Publication:Princeton, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

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Description:1 audio disc ; : 4 3/4 in.

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oclc:ocn228112977
Dewey Decimal:361.10973 T

Sociology and the study of social problems: Thinking about social problems -- Problems of well-being: Problems of illness and health care; Alcohol and other drugs; Crime and social control; Family problems -- Problems of inequality: Poverty and economic inequality; Work and unemployment; Problems in education; Race, ethnicity, and immigration; Gender inequality; Issues in sexual orientation; Problems of youth and aging -- Problems of globalization: Population growth and urbanization; Environmental problems; Science and technology; Conflict, war, and terrorism -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Methods of data analysis -- Glossary.

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