Social Problems 6th edition
ISBN:013099927X
ISBN13:9780130999276
Publisher:Pearson
Authors:Joe R. Feagin, Joe Feagin, David Baker, Clairece B. Feagin, David V. Baker, Clairece Booher Feagin, Clairece Booher R Feagin
Social Problems Description
Social Problems 6 Edition (NOTE: Each chapter begins with Goals of the Chapter and concludes with Summary, Study Questions, and Endnotes.) 1. A Troubled Society. Americans View Their Lives Workaday Troubles Latino and African Americans The View from the Home Problems with Gender Discrimination: Women Workers Family Tragedies Interpreting Life’s Troubles Societal Decline: The Genuine Progress Indicator People Working for Change: Some Recent Examples The United Farm Workers Union Clerical Workers’ Unions Striking for Better Conditions in the South Protesting Toxic Pollution Traditional Perspectives on Society and Social Problems The European Background Corporate Liberalism Social Problems: The Durkheimian Tradition in the United States Mainstream Social Science Views of Social Problems A Critical Power–Conflict Perspective Background: The Thought of Karl Marx Contemporary Class Perspectives Perspectives Emphasizing Gender and Race Conclusion: Some Working Propositions 2. Class Relations and the Problem of Inequality. Some Revealing Societal Snapshots Plant Closings Workplace Hazards Five Million Rolling Fire Bombs Toxic Chemicals in the Environment How Are Classes Defined? Some Lessons from the Snapshots A Closer Look at Class Relations in Our Society The Class Structure The Capitalist Class The Working Class The Managerial Class The Small-Business Class Other Important Groups The Corporate Structure The State Capitalism Large Corporations and the State: The Example of the Farm Crisis Contrasting Views of Inequality The Persisting Problem of Income Inequality Patterns of Income Inequality The Very Rich Effects of Income Inequality: Length and Quality of Life Education and Income Inequality Impact on Government Workers’ Real IncomesA Two-Tiered Society? The Inequality of Wealth The Early Period Wealth in Contemporary America Families and Corporations Taxation Consequences of Income and Wealth Inequality Sources of Capitalists’ Wealth Mercantile and Plantation Capitalism (1700–1850) Industrial Capitalism (1850–1890) Early Monopoly Capitalism (1890–1940) Advanced (Late) Monopoly Capitalism (1940–?) 3. Poverty Unemployment and Underemployment. Low Incomes and Poverty The Extent and Character of Poverty Questioning the Official Poverty Count Unemployment Underemployment and Poverty Official Unemployment Statistics Questioning Official Unemployment Statistics The Unemployment Link to Poverty Unemployment’s Impact Capitalism Unemployment and Poverty The Underclass Concept Capitalism and the Poor The Intense Quest for Private Profit &