Social Problems in a Diverse Society Canadian 4th Edition Kendall Solutions Manual
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- ISBN-10 : 0205885756
- ISBN-13 : 978-0205885756
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Learning about social problems can be a highly rewarding experience. Although we live in challenging times, a course on social problems provides an excellent avenue for developing critical thinking skills and for learning how to use sociological concepts and perspectives to analyze specific social concerns ranging from war and terrorism, media concentration, drug addiction, and violence to the inequalities of racism, sexism, classism, ageism, homophobia, and ableism.
The fourth Canadian edition of Social Problems in a Diverse Society focuses on the significance of racialization and ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, class, ability,and gender in understanding social problems in Canada and around the globe. Throughout the text, people – especially those from marginalized groups―are shown not merely as “victims” of social problems, but also as individual actors with agency who resist discrimination and inequality and seek to bring about change in families, schools, workplaces, and the larger society.
Table contents:
- What is a Social Problem?
- Why Study Social Problems?
- The Sociological Imagination and Social Problems
- Using Social Theory to Analyze Social Problems
- The Functionalist Perspective
- Manifest and Latent Functions
- Dysfunctions and Social Disorganization
- Applying the Functionalist Perspective to the Problem of Homicide
- The Conflict Perspective
- The Value Conflict Perspective
- Critical-Conflict Perspective
- Applying the Conflict Perspective to the Problem of Homicide
- The Interactionist Perspective
- Labelling Theory and the Social Construction of Reality
- Applying Interactionist Perspectives to the Problem of Homicide
- Feminist Perspectives
- Applying Feminist Perspectives to the Problem of Homicide
- Using Social Research Methods to Study Social Problems
- Field Research
- Survey Research
- Secondary Analysis of Existing Data
- Social Change and Reducing Social Problems
- Microlevel Attempts to Solve Social Problems
- Seeking Individual Solutions to Personal Problems
- Mid-Range Attempts to Solve Social Problems
- Groups that Help People Cope with Their Problems
- Grassroots Groups that Work for Community-Based Change
- Macrolevel Attempts to Solve Social Problems
- Working through Special-Interest Groups for Political Change
- Working through National Social Movements to Reduce Problems
- Summary
- Key Terms
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