Solutions to Social Problems: Lessons from Other Societies - Couverture souple

Eitzen, D. Stanley

 
9780205482436: Solutions to Social Problems: Lessons from Other Societies
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0205482430 ISBN 13 : 9780205482436
Editeur : Pearson, 2006

Synopsis

This text/reader examines how other advanced industrial societies have dealt with social problems with relative success and looks how these strategies may be applicable to the United States.

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Quatrième de couverture

Solutions to Social Problems: Lessons from Other Societies, fourth edition, examines how other advanced industrial societies have dealt with social problems with relative success and looks at how these strategies may be applicable to the United States. For each social problem considered, several articles have been selected. These articles either describe the situation in a single country or in multiple countries, or expressly contrast the situation of a country or countries with the United States.

Comprised of thirty-six readings, this reader is divided into five parts:

  • Part One focuses on two important foundational issues–first, a comparison of the United States with other advanced industrial societies on a number of dimensions and, second, a consideration of why the United States fails to adopt social policies that appear to solve social problems elsewhere.
  • Part Two examines problems of inequality–poverty, income and wealth inequality, gender, sexual orientation, and age.
  • Part Three looks at institutional problems affecting families, schools, work, and health care.
  • Part Four concentrates on problems of people, resources, and places, focusing on cities and the environment.
  • Part Five addresses the attempts by societies to control individual deviance related to crime and drugs.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This text/reader examines how other advanced industrial societies have dealt with social problems with relative success and looks how these strategies may be applicable to the United States.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Pearson
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0205482430
ISBN 13 
9780205482436
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
4
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Riccardo Bacigalupo
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