James Wright

Social Problems, Social Issues, Social Science

The Society Papers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sociology has tackled some of the most formidable problems that confront contemporary society: inequality, homelessness, violence, gender, and many more

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781412863988
• ISBN-10: 1412863988
• Artikelnr.: 45232736

Autorenporträt

James Wright

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface: "Nor Commit a Social Science . . . "
Acknowledgements
1 Public Opinion and the War in Vietnam
Introduction
"Life, Time, and the Fortunes of War"
In Retrospect
2 America's Homeless
Introduction
"The Worthy and Unworthy Homeless"
In Retrospect
"Address Unknown: Homelessness inContemporary America"
In Retrospect
"Science, Passion and Polemics"
In Retrospect
3 The Minimum Wage
Introduction
"Minimum Wage, Maximum Hokum"
In Retrospect
4 Popular Science and Social Science
Introduction
"Popular Science, Social Science, Metaphor,
and Deception"
In Retrospect
5 Guns in America
Introduction
"Ten Essential Observations on Guns in America"
"Kids, Guns and Killing Fields"
In Retrospect
6 Handsome Guys Don't Commit Crimes
Introduction
"Never Pick a Fight with an Ugly Person,
They've Got Nothing to Lose"
In Retrospect
7 America's Divorce Problem
Introduction
"America's Divorce Problem"
In Retrospect
Marriage Matters: A Report to Our Respondents
8 Small Towns in Mass Society
Introduction
"Small Towns, Mass Society, and the 21st Century"
In Retrospect
9 Sober Up, Take a Shower, Get a Job
Introduction
"Sobering Up on the Streets"
"How Can We Stay Sober"
In Retrospect
10 Food, Glorious Food
Introduction
"Food Deserts: What is the Problem,
What is the Solution?"
In Retrospect
11 Social Science in Review
Introduction
Daniel Yankelovich, "New Rules: Searching for
Self Fulfillment in a World Turned Upside Down"
In Retrospect
Seymour M. Lipset and William Schneider,
"The Confidence Gap"
In Retrospect
Wayne LaPierre, "Guns, Crime, and Freedom"
In Retrospect
John Shelton Reed, "Dixie Bohemia: A French
Quarter Circle in the 1920s"
In Retrospect
Index