Angles Of Vision [[electronic resource] ] : How To Understand Social Problems

• Record Nr.: UNISA996207969403316
• Autore: Beeghley Leonard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Westview Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0-429-98190-2; 1-4294-9151-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.1
• Soggetti: Social problems -- United States; Social problems; Social structure -- United States; Social structure; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Study of Social Problems; Defining Social Problems; Understanding Social Problems; Notes; Recommended Reading; 2. Abortion; Dimensions of Abortion; Consequences of Abortion; Individuals and Abortion; Social Structure and Abortion; Implications; Notes; Recommended Reading; 3. Gender Inequality; Dimensions of Gender Inequality; Consequences of Gender Inequality; Individuals and Gender Inequality; Social Structure and Gender Inequality; Implications; Notes; Recommended Reading; 4. Racial and Ethnic Inequality; Dimensions of Racial and Ethnic InequalityConsequences of Racial and Ethnic Inequality; Individuals and Racial and Ethnic Inequality; Social Structure and Racial and Ethnic Inequality; Implications; Notes; Recommended Reading; 5. Poverty; Dimensions of Poverty; Consequences of Poverty; Individuals and Poverty; Social Structure and Poverty; Implications; Notes; Recommended Reading; 6. Drugs; Dimensions of Drug Use; Consequences of Drug Abuse; Individuals and Drug Use and Abuse; Social Structure and Drug Use; Implications; Notes; Recommended Reading; 7. Homicide; Dimensions of Homicide; Consequences of HomicideIndividuals and Homicide; Social Structure and Homicide; Implications; Notes; Recommended Reading; 8. An Aging Population; Dimensions of the Aging Population; Consequences of an Aging Population; Individuals and an Aging Population; Social Structure and an Aging Population; Implications; Notes; Recommended Reading; 9. Health; Dimensions of Health; Consequences of Ill Health and the Emphasis on Treatment; Individuals and Health; Social Structure and Health; Implications; Notes; Recommended Reading; 10. Reflections on the Study of Social Problems; Notes; Recommended ReadingGlossary; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Angles of Vision is a compact text that provides students with basic information about social problems and teaches them a strategy for understanding these issues. Students learn how to distinguish between individual and structural analyses and the importance of placing issues in a historical and international context to gain a clearer understanding. In so doing, students come to appreciate that sociology is a hypothesis-testing discipline. The author uses metaphors, vignettes, and humor to convey the fundamental concepts, key findings, and methods by which sociologists understand s