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Social Problems in a Diverse Society (Book Alone), 4th Edition

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Table of Contents

Every chapter ends with Summary, Key Terms, and Questions for Critical Thinking.

 

CHAPTER 1 STUDYING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

USING SOCIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS TO STUDY SOCIAL PROBLEMS

What Is a Social Problem?

The Sociological Imagination: Bringing Together the Personal and the Social

¿          Box 1.1  Social Problems and Social Policy

A Stand-off on Gun Control Policy?

DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM? SUBJECTIVE AWARENESS AND OBJECTIVE REALITY

¿          Box 1.2  Critical Thinking and You

Determining What Constitutes a Social Problem

USING SOCIAL THEORY TO ANALYZE SOCIAL PROBLEMS

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

¿          Box 1.3  Social Problems in the Media

“If It Bleeds, It Leads”? News Reporting on Violence

USING SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS TO STUDY SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Field Research

Survey Research

Secondary Analysis of Existing Data

In Sum

 

CHAPTER 2 WEALTH AND POVERTY: U.S. AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES

WEALTH AND POVERTY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

ANALYZING U.S. CLASS INEQUALITY

¿          Box 2.1  Social Problems in Global Perspective

“Cheap Labor” and the Global Economy

Wealth versus Income Inequality

Divisions in the U.S. Class Structure

POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES

¿          Box 2.2  Social Problems and Statistics

Poverty in the United States

The Poverty Line

Who Are the Poor?

Consequences of Poverty

SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE UNITED STATES

¿          Box 2.3  Social Problems and Social Policy

Does One Size Fit All?

Explanations for Poverty

Can Class-Based Inequality Be Reduced?

 

CHAPTER 3  RACIAL AND ETHNIC INEQUALITY

RACIAL AND ETHNIC INEQUALITY AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM

What Are Race and Ethnicity?

“Official” Racial and Ethnic Classifications

Dominant and Subordinate Groups

RACISM, PREJUDICE, AND DISCRIMINATION

¿          Box 3.1  Sociology in Global Perspective

The Polish Plumber in France: Negative Stereotypes about “Cheap Labor”

PERSPECTIVES ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC INEQUALITY

Social-Psychological Perspectives

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

¿          Box 3.2  Social Problems in the Media

The Color of Mayhem: Racial Stereotyping, Sexism, and Violence in Video Games

Functionalist Perspectives

Conflict Perspectives

INEQUALITIES AMONG RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS

Native Americans (American Indians)

African Americans

Latinos/as (Hispanic Americans)

¿          Box 3.3  Social Problems and Statistics

Accurate and Inaccurate Comparisons

Asian and Pacific Americans

¿          Box 3.4  Social Problems and Social Policy

Social Justice: Beyond Black and White

Summary

CAN RACIAL AND ETHNIC INEQUALITIES BE REDUCED?

 

CHAPTER 4  GENDER INEQUALITY

GENDER INEQUALITY AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM

Defining Sex and Gender

Biological and Social Bases for Gender Roles

GENDER INEQUALITY AND SOCIALIZATION

Gender Socialization by Parents

¿          Box 4.1  Critical Thinking and You

Does Class Position Influence How We Think About Gender?

Peers and Gender Socialization

Education and Gender Socialization

Sports and Gender Socialization

¿          Box 4.2  Social Problems and Social Policy

Title IX and Gender Quotas in College Sports?

The Media and Gender Socialization

CONTEMPORARY GENDER INEQUALITY

The Gendered Division of Paid Work

The Wage Gap

Sexual Harassment

The Glass Ceiling and the Glass Escalator

The Double Shift

PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER INEQUALITY

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

The Functionalist Perspective

Conflict and Feminist Perspectives

GLOBAL GENDER INEQUALITY

¿          Box 4.3  Social Problems in Global Perspective

Missing Girls: Facing Up to the Problem in China

CAN GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES BE REDUCED?

 

CHAPTER 5  INEQUALITY BASED ON AGE

AGEISM AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM

Age-Based Stereotypes

Social Inequality and the Life Course

¿          Box 5.1  Social Problems in the Media

Middle-Aged Women: Over the Hill and in Need of Repair?

¿          Box 5.2  Social Problems and Statistics

Drawing the Wrong Conclusion

Death and Dying

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH AGING

Workplace Discrimination

Retirement and Changing Roles

Health, Illness, and Health Care

¿          Box 5.3  Social Problems and Social Policy

Government-Funded Health Care for Older People: Medicare

Victimization

Family Problems and Social Isolation

Housing Patterns and Long-Term Care Facilities

PERSPECTIVES ON AGING AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY

The Functionalist Perspective

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

CAN AGE-BASED INEQUALITY BE REDUCED?

 

CHAPTER 6  INEQUALITY BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION

NATURE AND EXTENT OF INEQUALITY BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION

¿          Box 6.1  Social Problems and Statistics

How Many Gays and Lesbians?

IDEOLOGICAL BASES OF INEQUALITY BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION

¿          Box 6.2  Social Problems in the Media

Depictions of Gay Men and Lesbians: Accurate Portrayals in Television Programming?

Religion and Sexual Orientation

Law and Sexual Orientation

DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION

Lack of Marital Rights

¿          Box 6.3  Social Problems and Social Policy

Should We Amend the U.S. Constitution to Define “Marriage”?

Parental Rights

Housing Discrimination

Discrimination in Medical Care

Occupational Discrimination

Discrimination in the Military

Victimization and Hate Crimes

PERSPECTIVES ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY

Biological and Psychological Perspectives

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

Functionalist and Conflict Perspectives

CAN INEQUALITIES BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION BE REDUCED?

 

CHAPTER 7  PROSTITUTION, PORNOGRAPHY, AND THE SEX INDUSTRY

DEVIANCE, THE SEX INDUSTRY, AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS

PROSTITUTION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

The World’s Oldest Profession?

The Global Sex Industry

¿          Box 7.1  Social Problems in Global Perspective

Economic Development or Childhood Sexual Slavery?

Health Aspects of Prostitution for Women

PROSTITUTION IN THE UNITED STATES

The Nature of Prostitution

The Extent of Prostitution

¿          Box 7.2  Social Problems and Statistics

What We Know and Don’t Know about Prostitution

Prostitution and Age, Class, and Race

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PROSTITUTION

The Functionalist Perspective

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

PORNOGRAPHY

The Social Construction of Pornography as a Social Problem

The Nature and Extent of Pornography

¿          Box 7.3  Social Problems and Social Policy

The Issue of Real versus Virtual Actors in Internet Child Pornography

Research on Pornography

Pornography and Age, Gender, Class, and Race

THE FUTURE OF PORNOGRAPHY AND THE SEX INDUSTRY

 

CHAPTER 8  ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS

DRUG USE AND ABUSE

Defining Drug Abuse

Drug Addiction

ALCOHOL USE AND ABUSE

¿          Box 8.1  Social Problems in the Media

The Two Faces of Alcohol: Framing Social Drinking and Alcoholism on TV Shows

Alcohol Consumption and Class, Gender, Age, and Race

Alcohol-Related Social Problems

TOBACCO (NICOTINE) USE AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS, AND CAFFEINE

Prescription Drugs

Over-the-Counter Drugs

Caffeine

ILLEGAL DRUG USE AND ABUSE

Marijuana

¿          Box 8.2  Social Problems and Social Policy

The Battle over Marijuana: Medicalization or Legalization?

Stimulants

Depressants

Narcotics

Hallucinogens

EXPLANATIONS OF DRUG ABUSE

Biological Explanations

Psychological Explanations

Sociological Explanations

THE FUTURE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE

Prevention Programs

Treatment Programs

¿          Box 8.3  Critical Thinking and You

Calling on a Higher Power or Using Self-Reliance? Alcohol and Drug Abuse programs

 

CHAPTER 9  CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

CRIME AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM

Problems with Official Statistics

Defining Crime and Delinquency

TYPES OF CRIMES

Violent Crime

¿          Box 9.1  Social Problems in the Media

Murder in the Media: Framing News Stories to Get Attention

Property Crime

¿          Box 9.2  Social Problems in Global Perspective

Who Am I? Identity Theft in the Global Village

Occupational (White-Collar) Crime

Corporate Crime

Organized Crime

Juvenile Delinquency

WHO COMMITS CRIMES?

BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF CRIME

Biological Explanations

Psychological Explanations

SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF CRIME

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

The Police

The Courts

Punishment and the Prisons

The Death Penalty

¿          Box 9.3  Social Problems and Social Policy

Crime Prevention or the Prison-Industrial Complex?

 

CHAPTER 10  HEALTH CARE: PROBLEMS OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS

HEALTH CARE AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM

Acute and Chronic Diseases and Disability

¿          Box 10.1  Social Problems in Global Perspective

Global Enemies of Health: The Double Burden of Low-Income Nations

The AIDS Crisis

MENTAL ILLNESS AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM

Treatment of Mental Illness

Race, Class, Gender, and Mental Disorders

THE CRISIS IN U.S. HEALTH CARE

¿          Box 10.2  Social Problems and Social Policy

Who Pays for Health Care? A Brief Look at Canada, the United Kingdom, and Sweden

Health Care Organization, Rising Costs, and Unequal Access

The Uninsured and the Underinsured

¿          Box 10.3  Social Problems and Statistics

Families without Health Insurance

Race, Class, Gender, and Health Care

SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

 

CHAPTER 11  THE CHANGING FAMILY

THE NATURE OF FAMILIES

Changing Family Structure and Patterns

Are U.S. Families in Decline?

¿          Box 11.1  Social Problems in Global Perspective

The Changing Family around the World

Changing Views on Marriage and Families

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY-RELATED PROBLEMS

Functionalist Perspectives

Conflict and Feminist Perspectives

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

DIVERSITY IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILIES

Singlehood

Postponing Marriage

Cohabitation and Domestic Partnerships

Dual-Earner Marriages

Comparing Two-Parent and One-Parent Households

CHILD-RELATED FAMILY ISSUES

Reproductive Freedom, Contraception, and Abortion

Infertility and New Reproductive Technologies

Adoption

Teen Pregnancies and Unmarried Motherhood

DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE

¿          Box 11.2  Social Problems and Statistics

The Odds of Getting Divorced

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Child Abuse

Spouse Abuse

Social Responses to Domestic Violence

FAMILY-RELATED PROBLEMS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

¿          Social Problems and Social Policy

Paying for Child Care? “It Takes a Village....”

 

CHAPTER 12  PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATION

Functionalist Perspectives

¿          Box 12.1  Social Problems in Global Perspective

Education in Japan: Cramming for Success and Corporate Profits

Conflict Perspectives

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

PROBLEMS IN U.S. EDUCATION

What Can Be Done about Illiteracy?

Immigration and Increasing Diversity in School

Educational Opportunities and Race, Class, and Gender

School Violence

PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL FINANCING

¿          Box 12.2  Social Problems in the Media

Ads and Obesity in the Classroom: Channel One

PROBLEMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

The Soaring Cost of a College Education

The Continuing Debate over Affirmative Action

EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

¿          Social Problems and Statistics

Does Spending More Money Guarantee a Better Education?

 

CHAPTER 13  PROBLEMS IN POLITICS AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

THREE MAJOR MODERN ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Capitalism

Socialism

Mixed Economies

PROBLEMS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Inequality Based on Uneven Economic Development

Transnational Corporations and the Lack of Accountability

¿          Box 13.1  Social Problems in Global Perspective

The Malling of China: Transnational Corporations and Global Consumerism

PROBLEMS IN THE U.S. ECONOMY

Concentration of Wealth

The National Debt and Consumer Debt

Corporate Welfare

¿          Box 13.2  Critical Thinking and You

Are You a Conservative or a Liberal? The Language of the Political Economy

PROBLEMS IN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AROUND THE WORLD

PROBLEMS IN U.S. POLITICS

Voter Apathy and the Gender Gap

Politics and Money in Political Campaigns

¿          Box 13.3  Social Problems and Social Policy

“He Who Pays the Piper, Calls the Piper’s Tune?” Passing Campaign Finance Reform

Government by Special-Interest Groups

Government by Bureaucracy

The Military-Industrial Complex

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

PROBLEMS IN POLITICS AND THE ECONOMY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

 

CHAPTER 14  PROBLEMS IN THE MEDIA

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MEDIA IN CONTEMPORARY LIFE

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MEDIA INDUSTRIES

Media Ownership and Control

Problems Associated with Convergence

¿          Box 14.1  Critical Thinking and You

Where Does Your News Come From? Should You Care?

GLOBAL MEDIA ISSUES

¿          Box 14.2  Social Problems in Global Perspective

Skewed Depictions of Africa in the Media

POTENTIAL MEDIA EFFECTS

Aggression, Violence, and the Media

Perpetuation of Race and Gender Stereotypes in the Media

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MEDIA-RELATED PROBLEMS

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

THE MEDIA IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

 

CHAPTER 15  POPULATION, GLOBAL INEQUALITY, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS

GLOBAL OVERPOPULATION

Population Growth

¿          Box 15.1  Social Problems in Global Perspective

International Migration: Problem or Solution?

The Impact of Population Growth

World Hunger

CONTROLLING FERTILITY

Family Planning

Zero Population Growth

IMMIGRATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

¿          Box 15.2  Social Problems in the Media

Children in the Trunk? Framing Ads to Discourage Illegal Border Crossings

POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation

Air Pollution

Problems with Water, Soil, and Forests

Solid, Toxic, and Nuclear Wastes

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

¿          Box 15.3  Critical Thinking and You

Do We Have a Problem or Not? Learning from Environmental Sociology

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

 

CHAPTER 16  URBAN PROBLEMS

CHANGES IN U.S. CITIES

Early Urban Growth and Social Problems

Contemporary Urban Growth

URBAN PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED STATES

Fiscal Crisis in the Cities

The Crisis in Health Care

Housing Problems

¿          Box 16.1  Social Problems in the Media

Media Framing of Stories about Homelessness and the Holidays

¿          Box 16.2  Social Problems and Social Policy

Persons Living with HIV/AIDS and Homelessness: What Should the Government Do?

Racial and Ethnic Segregation

PROBLEMS IN GLOBAL CITIES

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON URBAN PROBLEMS

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

URBAN PROBLEMS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

 

CHAPTER 17  GLOBAL SOCIAL PROBLEMS: WAR AND TERRORISM

WAR AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM

The Nature of War

The Consequences of War

¿          Box 17.1  Social Problems in the Media

“Weapons of Mass Destruction”: Political Spin and Media Framing of a War

MILITARY TECHNOLOGY AND WAR

GLOBAL TERRORISM

TERRORISM IN THE UNITED STATES

EXPLANATIONS OF WAR AND TERRORISM

Biological Perspectives

Psychological Perspectives

Sociological Explanations

WAR AND TERRORISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

¿          Box 17.2  Social Problems and Social Policy

Does the USA PATRIOT Act Protect Us or Threaten Our Liberties? Ask Your Librarian

 

CHAPTER 18  CAN SOCIAL PROBLEMS BE SOLVED?

¿          Box 18.1  Social Problems in the Media

Covering the Hurricane Katrina Disaster: Journalists as Advocates in New Orleans

THE PROBLEM WITH TACKLING SOCIAL PROBLEMS

SOCIAL CHANGE AND REDUCING SOCIAL PROBLEMS

MICROLEVEL ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Seeking Individual Solutions to Personal Problems

Limitations on the Microlevel Solutions Approach

MIDRANGE ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Groups That Help People Cope with Their Problems

Grassroots Groups That Work for Community-Based Change

Limitations on the Midlevel Solutions Approach

MACROLEVEL ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Working through Special-Interest Groups for Political Change

Working through National and International Social Movements to Reduce Problems

Limitations on the Macrolevel Solution Approach

¿          Box 18.2  Critical Thinking and You

Applying Sociology to the Ordinary and to the Extraordinary in Everyday Life

FINAL REVIEW OF SOCIAL THEORIES AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS

 

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

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SUBJECT INDEX

 

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