Social problems : a service learning approach /
Dolgon, Corey.
Baker, Chris.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press ; London : SAGE,
c2011.
This textbook integrates a case study approach into an introduction that helps students understand how they can address social problems in their communities by applying basic theories and concepts. It presents case studies intended to draw students into the discussion of the specific social problem addressed in each chapter. This work includes a set of definitions and statistical portraits of problems ranging from social and economic inequality to institutional inequalities in health, education, crime, and families. The authors have also included historical segments that trace how particular problems evolved and how various social movements have fundamentally shifted the nature and parameters of these problems.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: what are social problems and what do sociologists do about them? -- Do we make the world or does the world make us? : concepts and theories -- Who has, who hasn't? : looking for answers to poverty, inequality, and homelessness -- On the job : work, workers, and the changing nature of labor -- What price justice? : deviance, crime, and building community -- Be it ever so humble : changing families in a changing world -- Who breathes easy? : protecting and designing our environments -- Why can't Johnny read? : education in crisis -- Finding ourselves : race, gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, and identity -- An apple a day? : health and healthcare for all -- The whole wide world around : globalization and its discontents.
This textbook integrates a case study approach into an introduction that helps students understand how they can address social problems in their communities by applying basic theories and concepts. It presents case studies intended to draw students into the discussion of the specific social problem addressed in each chapter. This work includes a set of definitions and statistical portraits of problems ranging from social and economic inequality to institutional inequalities in health, education, crime, and families. The authors have also included historical segments that trace how particular problems evolved and how various social movements have fundamentally shifted the nature and parameters of these problems.
Sociology.
Sociology