Social Problems - 9781412980661

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Social Problems, Second Edition
With an engaging writing style that has made it a popular choice at both 2 and 4-year schools, the Second Edition of Anna Leon-Guerrero's textbook humanizes social problems and addresses their consequences while emphasizing community awareness and action. Each chapter includes a discussion of relevant social policies or programs and highlights how individuals or groups have made a difference in their communities at the federal, state, or local levels.

CQ Researcher: Issues in Social Problems
This contemporary collection of articles covers core issues and debates within the broad topic of social problems. The book has a four part structure of topics generally covered in social problems courses and texts: The Bases of Inequality, Our Social Institutions, Our Social and Physical Worlds, and Individual Action and Social Change. This engaging reader allows students to see an issue from all sides and to think critically about topics that matter to them. The book is intended to supplement core courses in the Sociology curriculum titled Social Problems, Introductory Sociology, Principles of Sociology, among other similarly titled courses.