Understanding social problems

by Mooney, Linda A.

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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2009.
Edition:6th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wadsworth/Cengage Learning
Place of Publication:Belmont, CA
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings) : : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps)

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oclc:on1200619888
LC Classification:HN59.2
Dewey Decimal:361.10973

Pt. 1: Sociology and the study of social problems -- 1. Thinking about social problems -- Elements of social structure and culture -- Self and society: person beliefs about various social problems -- The sociological imagination -- Theoretical perspectives -- Structural-functionalist perspective -- Structural-functionalist theories of social problems -- Conflict perspective -- Conflict theories of social problems -- Symbolic interactionist perspective -- Symbolic interactionist theories of social problems -- Social problems research -- Social problems research up close: the sociological enterprise -- The human side: social change and college student activism.

Pt. 2: Problems of well-being -- 2. Problems of illness and health care -- the global context: patterns of health and illness around the world -- Morbidity, life expectancy, and mortality -- Patterns of burden of disease -- Sociological theories of illness and health care -- Structural-functionalist perspective -- Conflict perspective -- Symbolic interactionist perspective -- HIV / AIDS: a global health concern -- HIV / AIDS in Africa and other regions -- HIV / AIDS in the United States -- The growing problem of obesity -- M…

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