Author | Horton, Paul B |
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Title | The sociology of social problems / by Paul B. Horton, Gerald R. Leslie and Richard F. Larson |
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Imprint |
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1985 |
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Edition |
8th ed |
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Descript |
464 p. : illus ; 24 cm |
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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
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Social problems
LOCATION | CALL# | STATUS |
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Political Science Library | 361.1 H823S 1985 |
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