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Solutions to Social Problems : Lessons from Other Societies

ISBN: 9780205482436 | 0205482430
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007

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SummaryTable of Contents
This text/reader examines how other advanced industrial societies have dealt with social problems with relative success and looks how these strategies may be applicable to the United States.
Prefaceix
Part One: Introduction1(20)
Section 1 The Comparative Approach to Social Problems
1(20)
1. U.S. Social Problems in Comparat... MORE
D. Stanley Eitzen
2(10)
2. The European Social Model,
T.R. Reid
12(4)
3. The Swedish Welfare State,
D. Stanley Eitzen
16(5)
Part Two: Problems of Inequality21(68)
Section 2 Poverty
22(14)
4. The State of Welfare at Home and Abroad,
Australian Financial Review
23(4)
5. Is There Hope for America's Low-Income Children?
Lee Rainwater and Timothy M. Smeeding
27(9)
Section 3 Income and Wealth Inequality
36(14)
6. Inequality: USA vs. Other Industrial Nations,
Americans for Democratic Action
38(2)
7. Inequality Here and There,
Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martin Sanchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swidler, and Kim Voss
40(6)
8. The Coming Era of Wealth Taxation,
Gar Alperovitz
46(4)
Section 4 Gender
50(17)
9. Europe Crawls Ahead,
Megan Rowling
51(4)
10. The Position of Women in Norway,
Pernille Lonne Morkhagen
55(12)
Section 5 Sexual Orientation
67(8)
11. Social Shift Opens Door to Gay Marriage Plan,
Clifford Krauss
68(2)
12. Gay Rights and European Citizenship,
Joydeep Sengupta
70(5)
Section 6 Age
75(14)
13. As Good As It Gets: What Country Takes the Best Care of Its Older Citizens?
Mike Edwards
76(10)
14. We Should Rejoice in an Ageing Society, So Long as We Plan Properly for It,
Hamish McRae
86(3)
Part Three: Institutional Problems89(78)
Section 7 Families
90(27)
15. Caring for Our Young: Child Care in Europe and the United States,
Dan Clawson and Naomi Gerstel
91(8)
16. Support for Working Families: What the United States Can Learn from Europe,
Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers
99(9)
17. Value for Family Tax Dollars: How Does the U.S. Stack Up?
Rachel Henneck
108(9)
Section 8 Schools
117(19)
18. Early Childhood Education and Care: International Perspectives,
Sheila B. Kamerman
118(7)
19. Denmark: Lessons for American Principals and Teachers?
Richard Morrill
125(6)
20. Globalization and Education: What Students Will Need to Know and Be Able to Do in the Global Village,
R.D. Nordgren
131(5)
Section 9 Work
136(16)
21. Europe's Work-Time Alternatives,
Anders Hayden
137(7)
22. Finland Experiments with a Six-Hour Workday: A Family Friendly Policy?
Ellen Mutari and Deborah M. Figart
144(6)
23. Europeans Just Want to Have Fun,
Michael Elliott
150(2)
Section 10 Health Care and Delivery
152(15)
24. International Health Systems,
Physicians for a National Health Program
154(9)
25. Health Care Facts,
Toronto Health Coalition
163(4)
Part Four: Problems of People, Resources, and Place167(30)
Section 11 Cities
168(20)
26. How Information Technology Fixed London's Traffic Woes,
Malcolm Wheatley
169(5)
27. New Lessons from the Old World: The European Model for Falling in Love with Your Hometown,
Jay Walljasper
174(9)
28. Suburbia Stays in the Neighborhood,
Haya El Nasser
183(5)
Section 12 Environment
188(9)
29. Wind Power Picks Up as It Crosses the Atlantic,
Ellen Hale
189(4)
30. The $6.66-a-Gallon Solution,
Simon Romero
193(4)
Part Five: Individual Deviance197
Section 13 Crime and Crime Control
198(19)
31. Crime Comparisons between Canada and the United States,
The Daily
200(5)
32. Deaths Reflect Gun Use in U.S.,
Michael Booth
205(3)
33. Reducing Crime by Harnessing International Best Practices,
Irvin Waller and Brandon C. Welsh
208(9)
Section 14 Drugs
217
34. Does Europe Do It Better? Lessons from Holland, Britain, and Switzerland,
Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter
218(5)
35. The Netherlands' Drug Policy,
Robert Keizer
223

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