AuthorHorton, Paul B
TitleThe sociology of social problems / by Paul B. Horton, Gerald R. Leslie and Richard F. Larson
Imprint Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1985
Edition 8th ed
Descript 464 p. : illus ; 24 cm

CONTENT

Part 1 : Orientation to the study of social problems -- Why study social problems? -- Approaches to the study of social problems -- The interpretation of data -- Part 2 : Major social problems in the United States -- Vested-interest and pressure groups -- Crime and delinquency -- Family and generational problems -- Religious problems and conflicts -- Population problems: nation and world -- Education in an age of change -- Poverty -- Race discrimination in the United States -- Some other discriminations -- Urban and rural problems -- Communication problems in mass society -- Social deviance -- Health and medical care -- Civil liberties in an age of protest -- Environment and social policy -- Retrospect and prospect


SUBJECT

  1. Social problems

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Political Science Library361.1 H823S 1985 CHECK SHELVES