Seeing Social Problems Readings on Contemporary Issues in the United States

Brandon Lang (editor) & Molly Monahan Lang (editor)

ISBN 10: 1793507112 / ISBN 13: 9781793507112

Editore: Cognella Academic Publishing, 2019

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• Titolo: Seeing Social Problems Readings on Contemporary Issues in the United States
• Editore: Cognella Academic Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1793507112
• ISBN 13: 9781793507112
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Brand New

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Seeing Social Problems: Readings on Contemporary Issues in the United States provides students with engaging, thought-provoking articles that examine a wide array of current social issues, the types of behaviors that perpetuate such problems, and how these issues affect the daily lives of Americans. Students are invited to critically consider how key issues have evolved and changed over time and to devise new ways for society to improve, both as people and as a nation.

The reader is divided into eight sections. Opening sections address socioeconomic inequality and poverty; racial and ethnic inequality; gender inequality and homophobia; and crime. Later sections explore social problems related to medicine and health, families, education, and the environment.

The revised first edition features up-to-date information on several important issues, including race, gender, crime, health care, drug abuse, and pollution. Recent developments related to the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements, Obamacare, and environmental justice are addressed. A new reading concerning the American opioid crisis has also been added.

Developed to inspire critical thought and a greater understanding of contemporary issues, Seeing Social Problems is an ideal resource for courses in sociology.