James DeFronzo, Jungyun Gill

Social Problems and Social Movements

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Produktbeschreibung

Social Problems aims to not only introduce students to the key social problems discussed in most courses, but also to show them that change is possible by introducing them to key social movements working to solve some of these social problems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 810g
• ISBN-13: 9781442221543
• ISBN-10: 1442221542
• Artikelnr.: 54390878

Autorenporträt

James DeFronzo is emeritus faculty of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of numerous articles in the areas of social movements, political sociology, gender and criminology and several books, including Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements (5th edition, 2015), and editor of the three volume Revolutionary Movements in World History: From 1750 to the Present (2006). Jungyun Gill is associate professor of sociology at Stonehill College and the author of Unequal Motherhoods and the Adoption of Asian Children: Birth, Foster and Adoptive Mothers (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Boxes Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1 The
Sociology of Social Problems WHAT IS A SOCIAL PROBLEM? The Social Context
of Social Problems Opposing Explanations for Social Problems USING THE
SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION TO ADDRESS SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL PROBLEMS Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict
Perspective Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective The Benefit of a Combined
Perspective SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON SOCIAL PROBLEMS Survey Research
Experiments Field Research Focus Groups Secondary Data Analysis Historical
and Comparative Research Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion Questions
Chapter 2 The Sociology of Social Movements WHAT IS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT?
Student Participation in Movements for Social Change WHY DO SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS BEGIN? Absolute Deprivation and Relative Deprivation Theories
Resource Mobilization Theory Political Opportunities Theory Leadership
Theory Framing Theory Multi-Factor Theory STAGES OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Incipiency Coalescence Institutionalization Fragmentation Demise Revival
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion
Questions Chapter 3 The Sociology of Power: Economics, Wealth, and Politics
GOVERNMENT TYPES ECONOMIC AND CLASS SYSTEMS Capitalism Socialism The
Reality of Blended Systems Are There Links between Types of Economies and
Types of Political Systems? THE GROWTH OF THE SIZE AND POWER OF
CORPORATIONS Modern Concentrated Economic Power CLASS AND ECONOMIC
INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATESTHE U.S. SOCIAL CLASS SYSTEM Upper Class
Upper-Middle Class Middle Class Working Class Lower Classes ECONOMIC
INEQUALITY Income Inequality Income Inequality Internationally Wealth
Inequality SOCIAL MOBILITYPOWER IN THE UNITED STATES The Power Elite A
Ruling Class? THE POLITICAL SYSTEM AND POLITICAL POWER Money and Elections
Who Votes? STRUCTURAL FLAWS IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM The Impact of the 2010
Midterm Elections THE ARMED FORCESECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER AND
MOVEMENTS FOR CHANGE Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion Questions
Chapter 4 Poverty WHAT IS POVERTY? Definition and Measurement of Poverty in
the United States A Profile of the Poor CONSEQUENCES OF POVERTY Health
Family Troubles Limited Education Poor Housing Conditions Homelessness
Crime Barriers to Political Participation POWERLESSNESS OF THE WORKING POOR
CAUSES OF POVERTY Individual Characteristics Social Structure Cultural
Factors SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON POVERTY Structural-Functional
Perspective Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective Conflict Perspective
PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY Encourage Personal Reliance More Effective
Government Programs Change Social Structure EXISTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
The Great Depression and Social Welfare Welfare Reform of 1996 Other
Assistance Programs Childbirth-Related Leave Policies and Publicly
Supported Child Care Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion Questions
Chapter 5 Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration RACE, ETHNICITY, AND RACISM What
are Race, Ethnicity, and Racism? Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the United
States IMMIGRATION The American Nativist Movement Against Immigration in
the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries The Elimination of Immigration
Quotas in the 1960s The Continuing Debate over Immigration TYPES OF
RACIAL/ETHNIC RELATIONS Mutually Beneficial Trade and Cultural
ExchangesGenocide Slavery Removal and Segregation Colonialism Assimilation
Racial and Ethnic Pluralism/Multicultural Pluralism PREJUDICE AND
DISCRIMINATION Prejudice and Stereotypes Discrimination White Privilege
Institutional Discrimination CAUSES OF PREJUDICE Personality TypeSituation
Culture Social Structure SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PREJUDICE AND
DISCRIMINATION Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict Perspective
Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO PREJUDICE AND
DISCRIMINATION The Role of EducationEconomic Reform Political Reform
Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 6 Gender and
Sexual Orientation SEX, GENDER, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION INEQUALITY
Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict Perspective
Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective GENDER INEQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION
CULTURAL SEXISM: SEXIST TRADITIONS, STEREOTYPES, VALUES, NORMS, AND SYMBOLS
Family Schools Language Media Religion INSTITUTIONAL SEXISM EducationWork
and Income Politics and Government The Military POPULATION ESTIMATES:
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PERSONS WHAT CAUSES SEXUAL
ORIENTATION? CULTURAL BIAS AGAINST LGBT Religion Family and Peers Schools
and Media INSTITUTIONAL (STRUCTURAL) BIAS AGAINST LGBT FamilyEducation Work
Politics, Government, and the Military Chapter Review Key Terms
Discussion Questions Chapter 7 The Family WHAT IS A FAMILY? FAMILIES AND
MARRIAGE AROUND THE WORLD Family Authority Types Types of Marriage CHANGES
IN THE U.S. FAMILY Age at First Marriage and Cohabitation Divorce Children
Born Outside of Marriage and Single-Parent-Headed Households Race/Ethnic
and Class Differences SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES Mass Incarceration and the
American Black Family GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES VIOLENCE AND ABUSE IN
INTIMATE PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS Intimate Partner Abuse and Violence Income
and Racial/Ethnic Differences Effects of Intimate Partner Violence Decline
in Intimate Partner Violence since 1994 CHILD ABUSE Demographic
Characteristics of VictimsPerpetrators and Risk Factors Effects of Child
Abuse Increase and Decrease of Child Abuse Reports ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Incidence and Correlates of Elder Abuse PREVENTING FAMILY VIOLENCE Economic
Political Cultural Individual Characteristics Providing Safety for Abuse
Victims TEEN PREGNANCIES AND PARENTHOOD Causes of Teen Pregnancies
Consequences of Teen Pregnancies Preventing Teen Pregnancies SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY PROBLEMS Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict
Perspective Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective Chapter Review Key Terms
Discussion Questions Chapter 8 Education and Media SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATION Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict
Perspective Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective UNEQUAL EDUCATIONAL
ACHIEVEMENT WORLDWIDE UNEQUAL EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
The Problem of American Students' Academic Performance Class, Race,
Ethnicity, and Gender Impacts on Academic Performance The Dropout Problem
Functional Illiteracy The School Segregation Problem School Crime,
Bullying, and Discipline Problems Soaring College Tuition and Student Debt
APPROACHES TO IMPROVING BASIC PUBLIC EDUCATION Criticisms of the Public
School System Distinctive Points of View The No Child Left Behind Program
Protests and Strikes by Teachers MEDIASOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MEDIA
Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict Perspective
Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective MEDIA ISSUES Newsworthiness and News
Objectivity Digital Divide Media and Crime MEDIA AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 9 Health Care and
Well-Being HEALTH AND HEALTH PROBLEMS WORLDWIDE GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
Effects of Global Travel and Trade A Major Global Infectious Threat:
HIV/AIDS HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED STATES Inequities in HealthRising
Costs of Health Care Consequences of the High Cost of Health Care
PREVENTABLE ONGOING RISKS TO HEALTH Smoking Obesity Environmental Poisoning
MENTAL HEALTH Causes of Mental Illness and Links to Gender, Race, and Class
Treatments for Mental Illness Deinstitutionalization SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict
Perspective Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE
PROGRAMS Medicaid Children's Health Insurance Program Military Health Care
Medicare STATE AND FEDERAL HEALTH CARE REFORM State Reforms The Affordable
Health Care Act Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter
10 Crime and Criminal Justice WHAT IS CRIME? MEASURING THE EXTENT AND FORMS
OF CRIME Official Crime Statistics Victimization Surveys Self-Report
Studies STREET CRIME Violent Street Crime Street Property Crime VICTIMLESS
CRIME ORGANIZED CRIME WHITE-COLLAR CRIME Occupational Crime Corporate Crime
Punishment for White-Collar Crime CYBERCRIME POLITICAL CRIME Assassinations
Burglaries Hacking Political Campaigns and Elections CHARACTERISTICS OF
CRIMINALS Age Gender Social Class Race and Ethnicity EXPLAINING CRIME:
BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHIATRIC, AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Biological Factors Psychiatric Factors Sociological Factors Chapter Review
Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 11 Globalization, Technology,
and Global Inequalities GLOBALIZATION TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBALIZATION
Transporting People Transporting Goods and Resources Communication,
Finance, News, Entertainment GLOBALIZATION: POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE VIEWS
Positive Views of Globalization Negative Views of Globalization
GLOBALIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND GLOBAL INEQUALITIES Poverty Income
and Wealth Inequality SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBALIZATION AND GLOBAL
INEQUALITIES Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict Perspective
Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS OF GLOBAL
INEQUALITY Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 12
Population, Urbanization, and Aging POPULATION Population Growth Worldwide:
Past, Present, and Future Regional Differences in Population Growth
Population Growth in the United States The Effect on Population of
Immigration to the United States Social Problems Related to Excessive
Population Growth Worldwide URBANIZATION Urbanization Worldwide
Urbanization in the United States Urban Problems Worldwide Urban Problems
in the United States AGING Aging Worldwide Aging in the United States Aging
Problems Worldwide Aging Problems in the United States RESPONSES TO SOCIAL
PROBLEMS RELATED TO POPULATION, URBANIZATION, AND AGING Reduce Population
Growth in High-Birth-Rate Countries by Improving Women's Education and
Employment Levels Reduce Problems Related to Urbanization Worldwide Reduce
Problems Related to Urbanization in the United States Worldwide Responses
to Aging Problems Responses to Aging Problems in the United States
SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO POPULATION, URBANIZATION, AND AGING
Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict Perspective
Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion
Questions Chapter 13 The Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS Global Warming
Impacts of Increasing Global Energy Use Air Pollution Land Pollution
Hazardous Waste E-Waste Radioactive Material Wars and the Environment Water
Availability and Quality Dangers to Biodiversity ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ENVIRONMENT Structural-Functional
Perspective Conflict Perspective Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective CAUSES
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS Population Growth Technological Progress,
Urbanization, and Economic Development Militarism and International
Competition Materialist Consumerism Excessive Individualism RESPONDING TO
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS Environmental Education Environmental Activism Green
Energy and Technology Carbon Capture and Storage International Government
Policies U.S. Government Policies Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion
Questions Chapter 14 Drug Abuse and Human Trafficking WHAT IS A DRUG?
Extent of Drug Use Internationally Drug Use in the United States Alcohol
Tobacco and Nicotine Cannabis: Marijuana, Hashish Cocaine Methamphetamine
Heroin and Other Opioids Prescription Drugs Hallucinogens: LSD, Peyote, and
MDMA Steroids Inhalants PROBLEMS RELATED TO DRUG ABUSE Crime Drugs and the
Family WHY DO PEOPLE USE DRUGS? SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DRUG ABUSE
Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict Perspective
Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective SOCIAL RESPONSES TO THE DRUG PROBLEM
The War on Drugs Destroying Foreign Production Interdiction Prosecution and
Punishment Education Treatment Attacking Root Causes of Drug Abuse An
Alternative to the War on Drugs WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING? Dimensions of
Human Trafficking CAUSES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON
HUMAN TRAFFICKING Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict Perspective
Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective SOCIAL RESPONSES TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING
InternationalUnited States: Federal and States THE MOVEMENT AGAINST HUMAN
TRAFFICKING Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion Questions Chapter 15
War, Rebellion and Terrorism BASIC CONCEPTS: WAR, REBELLION, AND TERRORISM
America's Wars SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON WAR AND REBELLION
Structural-Functional Perspective Conflict Perspective
Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective CAUSES OF WAR AND REBELLION WAR,
REBELLION, REVOLUTION, AND SOCIAL CHANGE The U.S. Volunteer Armed Forces
Private Military Companies (PMCs) Blackwater Deaths and Injuries of War
Economic Devastation and Political Impacts War Crimes STRATEGIES TO
ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN PEACE Deterrence Improved Defensive Capabilities
Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation Resolving Underlying Conflicts
through Mediation and Oversight by the United Nations or other Unbiased
Parties Fairer Distribution of Resources TERRORISM How Many Terrorists Are
There? Types of Terrorism THE ROOT CAUSES OF TERRORISM Inequality, Poverty,
and Perception of Unfair Treatment Extremist Ideologies Asymmetry of Power
COMBATING TERRORISM Defend against Terrorism Deny Terrorists Sanctuary Make
No Deals with Terrorists Kill or Capture Terrorists Address the Causes of
Terrorism Chapter Review Key Terms Discussion Questions Glossary
References Index