Focus on Social Problems: A Contemporary Reader - Couverture souple

Stombler, Mindy; Jungels, Amanda M.

 
9780199321353: Focus on Social Problems: A Contemporary Reader

Synopsis

Focus on Social Problems: A Contemporary Reader exposes students to current issues in the field. The selections in this reader help students understand how social problems are defined and constructed, increase their empirical knowledge about the causes and consequences of social problems, and develop empathy. Working from a critical social constructionist foundation, the readings address a wide variety of social problems. Editors Mindy Stombler and Amanda M. Jungels include a combination of research-based articles and popular media pieces. Each chapter opens with an interw of a social-change actit doing work related to the chapter's featured social problem, giving students an opportunity to enion themselves as agents of social change.

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