03724nam 22004813u 450 99620796940331620170821191501.00-429-98190-21-4294-9151-5(CKB)1000000000476092(EBL)1634770(EXLCZ)99100000000047609220140224d2008|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Angles Of Vision[electronic resource] How To Understand Social ProblemsNew York Westview Press20081 online resource (277 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8133-2949-3 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 InequalityDimensions 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 HomicideConsequences 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; NotesRecommended ReadingGlossary; References; IndexAngles 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 sSocial problems -- United StatesSocial problemsSocial structure -- United StatesSocial structureElectronic books.Social problems -- United States.Social problems.Social structure -- United States.Social structure.361.1Beeghley Leonard867253AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK996207969403316Angles Of Vision1935728UNISA01392nam a2200361 i 450099100114452970753620020507184057.0001114s1994 uk ||| | eng 0521449863b10807019-39ule_instLE01307744ExLDip.to Matematicaeng515.353AMS 35A27AMS 35SAMS 58G07AMS 58G15AMS 58G17Grigis, Alain536121Microlocal analysis for differential operators :an introduction /Alain Grigis, Johannes SjostrandCambridge ; New York, NY :Cambridge University Press,1994151 p. :ill. ;23 cmLondon Mathematical Society lecture note series,0076-0552 ;196Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-148) and indexesDifferential operatorsMicrolocal analysisSjostrand, Johannesauthorhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut351203.b1080701923-02-1728-06-02991001144529707536LE013 35A GRI11 (1994)12013000124063le013-E0.00-l- 02120.i1091201028-06-02Microlocal analysis for differential operators1455807UNISALENTOle01301-01-00ma -enguk 01