LEADER 04165nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910811468303321 005 20161219111437.0 010 $a1-78268-866-8 010 $a1-4522-6155-5 010 $a1-4129-7352-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000810445 035 $a(OCoLC)647893704 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10372855 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484855 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12172734 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484855 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10594714 035 $a(PQKB)11159785 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1995272 035 $a(OCoLC)809969122 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000019106 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000810445 100 $a20110107d2004 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aHandbook of social problems$b[electronic resource] $ean international, comparative perspective /$fedited by George Ritzer 210 $aThousand Oaks, [Calif.] ;$aLondon $cSAGE$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 687 p.) $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7619-2610-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. Social problems : a comparative international perspective / George Ritzer -- Theoretical issues in the study of social problems and deviance / Joel Best -- Methodological issues in the study of social problems / Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln -- Social problems and public policy / Tim Blackman, Teeside and Roberta Woods -- Social Problems. Population change / Sonalde Desai -- Ecological problems / Steven Yearley -- Global inequality / Salvatore J. Babones and Jonathan H. Turner -- Racism in comparative perspective / Joe R. Feagin and Pinar Batura -- Ethnic conflict as a global social problem / Thomas D. Hall and Lester M. Jones -- Gender inequality / Amy S. Wharton -- Urban problems in global perspective / Chigon Kim and Mark Gottdiener -- Work-related social problems / Teresa A. Sullivan -- The media and social problems / Douglas Kellner -- Consumption as a social problem / Douglas J. Goodman -- Family problems in global perspective / Felix M. Berardo and Constance L. Shehan -- Racial and ethnic educational inequality in global perspective / Caroline Hodges Persell, Richard Arum, and Kathryn Seufert -- Health as a social problem / William C. Cockerham -- How medical care systems become social problems / Andrew Twaddle -- Aids as a social problem : the creation of social pariahs in the management of an epidemic / Bronwen Lichtenstein -- War, militarism and national security / Ian Roxborough -- Sea change : the modern terrorist environment in perspective / Gus Martin -- The geopolitics of mass destruction : how genocide became a global social problem / David Norman Smith -- Globalization / John Boli -- Technology and social problems / Frank Webster and Mark Erickson, Aston -- The internet as a global social problem / Gili S. Drori -- Risk / John Tulloch -- Deviance. Crime / Michael Tonry -- Juvenile delinquency / Mark C. Stafford -- Drug use as a global social problem / Erich Goode -- The sexual spectacle : making a public culture of sexual problems / Ken Plummer -- Modern day folk devils and the problem of children's presence in the global sex trade / Julia O'Connell Davidson -- Mental illness as a social problem / Howard B. Kaplan -- Disability as a global issue / Gary L. Albrecht -- Corruption as a global social problem / Gary LaFree and Nancy Morris. 330 8 $aThe 'Handbook of Social Problems' is devoted to the state of knowledge of social problems. Focussed on social problems of global interest, with weight towards American society, top sociologists have contributed chapters to this text. 606 $aSocial problems 606 $aSocial problems$zUnited States 615 0$aSocial problems. 615 0$aSocial problems 676 $a361.1 701 $aRitzer$b George$0128088 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811468303321 996 $aHandbook of social problems$93921014 997 $aUNINA