PrefacePART I: The Sociological Study of Social Problems1. Sociology and Social Problems - A. Javier Treviño SETTLING FOR LESS THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH THREE SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES APPLYING THE THREE THEORIES TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL POLICY SPECIALIZED THEORIES SERVICE SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMSPART II: Problems of Inequality2. POVERTY AND CLASS INEQUALITY - Keith M. Kilty, Leslie Hossfeld, E. Brooke Kelly, and Julia Waity WHO IS HUNGRY ON CAMPUS? POVERTY, CLASS, AND INEQUALITY ARE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS PATTERNS AND TRENDS SOCIAL CLASS INEQUALITY USING THEORY TO EXPLAIN POVERTY, CLASS, AND INEQUALITY: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST, AND CONFLICT PERSPECTIVES SPECIALIZED THEORIES APPLIED TO POVERTY AND INEQUALITY SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS3. RACE AND ETHNICITY - Eileen O''Brien WHITE RACIAL PRIVILEGE DEFINING RACE AND ETHNICITY IN A NEW MILLENNIUM PATTERNS AND TRENDS USING THEORY TO EXPLAIN RACIAL INEQUALITY: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST, AND CONFLICT PERSPECTIVES SPECIALIZED THEORIES ABOUT RACIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS4. Gender - Robin Ryle and Katie Ann Hasson WAVES OF PROTEST AND PINK HATS DEFINING GENDER INEQUALITY FEMINISM, MEN, AND THE STUDY OF GENDER AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM LOOKING AT GENDER ON CAMPUS AND BEYOND USING THEORY TO UNDERSTAND GENDER INEQUALITY: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST, AND CONFLICT PERSPECTIVES QUEER THEORY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE ON GENDER SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS5.
SEXUALITIES - Rebecca F. Plante and Elroi J. Windsor AND THEN, SHE WAS GONE UNDERSTANDING HOW SEXUALITIES CAN BE SOCIAL PROBLEMS PATTERNS AND TRENDS USING THEORY TO UNDERSTAND SEXUAL VIOLENCE: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES SPECIFIC THEORIES IN SEXUALITIES AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS SCHOLARSHIP SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS6. Aging - Duane A. Matcha HOMESHARING: MILLENNIALS AND OLDER INDIVIDUALS IS AGING A SOCIAL PROBLEM? PATTERNS AND TRENDS USING THEORY TO UNDERSTAND AGING: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES SPECIALIZED THEORIES ABOUT AGING SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMSPART III: Problems of Institutions7. EDUCATION - Ryan W. Coughlan, Alan R. Sadovnik, Susan F.
Semel, and Jenny Stuber IDRIS AND SEUN PATTERNS AND TRENDS U.S. EDUCATION SYSTEM: A BRIEF HISTORY USING SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES IN EDUCATION SPECIALIZED THEORIES IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION EXPLANATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY EDUCATIONAL REFORM FROM THE 1980S TO 2017 SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS8. Media - William Hoynes THE DRAMA OF "ROAD RAGE" PATTERNS AND TRENDS DEBATING MEDIA AS A CAUSE OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS EMERGENT SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES TRADITIONAL THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MEDIA AND SOCIAL PRO THEORIES IN CONTEMPORARY MEDIA AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS SCHOLARSHIP SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS9. Family - Meg Wilkes Karraker A RETREAT FROM MARRIAGE AND FAMILY PATTERNS AND TRENDS FAMILY PROBLEMS AND THREE INSTITUTIONAL STAKEHOLDERS USING THEORY TO EXPLAIN FAMILY PROBLEMS: THE VIEW FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES FOUR SPECIALIZED THEORIES BEYOND FUNCTIONALISM, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS10. Work and the Economy - Rudi Volti FROM 500 TO 750 ENVELOPES WORK AND THE LABOR FORCE PATTERNS AND TRENDS STAKEHOLDERS USING THEORY TO EXAMINE WORK AND THE ECONOMY: THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES SPECIALIZED THEORIES: WEBER AND SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMSPART IV: Problems of Health and Safety11. Crime - Kathleen Currul-Dykeman, Susan Guarino-Ghezzi, Kyle J. Thomas, and Benjamin C.
Hamilton IN A HOODED SWEATSHIRT INTRODUCTION: CRIME AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM CRIMES ARE SOCIALLY DEFINED DATA SOURCES AND CORRELATES OF CRIME PATTERNS AND TRENDS THE U.S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS CRIME FROM THE STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALIST, SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST, AND CONFLICT PERSPECTIVES SPECIALIZED THEORIES ABOUT CRIME SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS12. Drugs - Brian C. Kelly, Dina Perrone, and Carrie B. Oser A CANARY IN A COAL MINE? DRUGS IN SOCIETIES DRUG DEPENDENCE AND ASSOCIATED HARMS PATTERNS OF DRUG USE ACROSS SOCIAL GROUPS USING THEORY TO UNDERSTAND DRUG USE: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES SPECIALIZED THEORIES ON DRUG USE SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS13. Health - Kevin White and Valerie Leiter SUFFERING FROM DRAPETOMANIA WHAT ARE DISEASE AND ILLNESS? PATTERNS AND TRENDS THE U.S.
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS USING THEORY TO UNDERSTAND HEALTH: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES SPECIALIZED THEORIES SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMSPART V: Problems of Global Impact14. THE Environment - Katharine A. Legun and Michael M. Bell EXPERIENCING THE HEAT WAVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AS SOCIAL PROBLEMS PATTERNS AND TRENDS THEORETICAL APPROACHES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY SPECIALIZED THEORIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS15. Science and Technology - Wenda K. Bauchspies and Michael Mascarenhas SCIENCE AND THE PUBLIC TRUST HACKING AND CYBERCRIME AROUND THE WORLD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS SOCIALLY DEFINED PATTERNS AND TRENDS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THEIR STAKEHOLDERS USING THEORY TO EXAMINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES SPECIALIZED THEORIES SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS16. War and Terrorism - Paul Joseph and Ori Swed THE ISLAMIC STATE AND THE BLURRING LINES BETWEEN WAR AND COUNTERTERRORISM WAR AS A SOCIAL CONCEPT PATTERNS AND TRENDS THE FUTURE OF WAR USING THEORY TO EXAMINE WAR AND TERRORISM: THE VIEWS FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST, CONFLICT, AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVES SPECIALIZED THEORY: THE TWO-SOCIETY THESIS TERRORISM SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS17. Urbanization - Michael Ian Borer and Tyler S.
Schafer URBANIZATION AND CITY GROWTH IN GLITTER GULCH URBANIZATION, GROWTH, AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS PATTERNS AND TRENDS THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN URBAN SOCIOLOGY SPECIALIZED THEORIES IN URBAN SOCIOLOGY SOCIAL CHANGE: WHAT CAN YOU DO? CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMSGlossaryReferencesIndex.