Understanding Social Problems
Understanding Social Problems by Linda Mooney, published by Cengage Learning on January 30, 2012, is an 8th edition text comprising 608 pages. This book offers a comprehensive exploration of social issues through a theoretically balanced, student-centered approach. It begins with a micro-level analysis of problems such as illness, health care, and family dynamics, before expanding to macro-level concerns like poverty, inequality, and environmental challenges, all framed within both global and U.S. contexts.
Readers will find that each chapter applies three major theoretical perspectives to the social problems discussed, examining their consequences and potential solutions. The text includes pedagogical features such as “Animals and Society,” “The Human Side,” and “Self and Society,” which help illustrate how these social issues impact individual lives. This edition serves as a resource for understanding the complexities of social problems and encourages readers to apply their insights to their own experiences.
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Mooney, Knox, and Schacht’s UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL PROBLEMS uses a theoretically balanced, student-centered approach to provide a comprehensive exploration of social problems. The text progresses from a micro- to macro-level of analysis, focusing first on such problems as illness and health care, drugs and alcohol, and family problems, and then broadening to the larger issues of poverty and inequality, population growth, aging, environmental problems, and conflict around the world. The social problem in each chapter is framed in a global as well as U.S. context. In every chapter, the three major theoretical perspectives are applied to the social problem under discussion, and the consequences of the problem, as well as alternative solutions, are explored. Pedagogical features such as Animals and Society, The Human Side, and Self and Society enable you to grasp how social problems affect the lives of individuals and apply your understanding of social problems to your own life.
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