Title:
Social problems
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Edition:
4th ed.
Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : Allyn And Bacon, 1989
Physical Description:
xi, 642 pages : illustrations, 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780205117253
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Summary
Summary
Taking a conflict approach, Eitzen and Baca Zinn focus on the underlying features of the social world in an effort to help students to understand today's social problems.
Table of Contents
| I Political Economy Of Social Problems |
| 1 Sociological Approach to Social Problems |
| History of Social Problems Theory |
| Toward a Definition of Social Problems |
| Types of Social Problems |
| Norm Violations |
| Social Conditions |
| Social Structure as the Basic Unit of Analysis |
| Person-Blame Approach versus System-Blame Approach |
| Reasons for Focusing on the System-Blame Approach |
| Organization of the Book |
| Chapter Review |
| Key Terms |
| Websites for Further Reference |
| 2 Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System |
| Capitalism and Socialism |
| Capitalism |
| Socialism |
| U.S |
| Economy: Concentration of Corporate Wealth |
| Monopolistic Capitalism |
| Transnational Corporations |
| Concentration of Wealth |
| Political System: Links Between Wealth and Power |
| Government by Interest Groups |
| Financing of Political Campaigns |
| Candidate Selection Process |
| Bias of the Political System |
| Consequences of Concentrated Power |
| Subsidies to Big Business |
| Trickle-Down Solutions |
| The Powerless Bear the Burden |
| Foreign Policy for Corporate Benefit |
| Chapter Review |
| Key Terms |
| Websites for Further Reference |
| II Problems Of People, The Environment, and Location |
| 3 World Population and Global Inequality |
| World Population Growth |
