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Crisis in American Institutions
ISBN: 9780321047007 | 0321047001
Edition: 11thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson College Div
Pub. Date: 2/1/2000
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Crisis in American Institutions provides students with an array of engaging articles on important topics. Consistently introducing framing material, an analytical introductory chapter emphasizes the role of institutions, while concise chapter openers help introduce specific topics. Authors chose articles that reflect America's social problems and encourage students to think seriously about them. A proven winner with faculty and students alike, this new edition stands poised to continue its record of popularity in social problems.
| Preface | ix | ||||
| Introduction: Approaches to Social Problems | 1 | (16) | |||
| SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS | |||||
| PART ONE Corporate Power | 17 | (46) | |||
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| PART TWO Economic Crisis | 63 | (42) | |||
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| PART THREE Inequality | 105 | (42) | |||
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| PART FOUR Racism | 147 | (46) | |||
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| PART FIVE Sexism | 193 | (42) | |||
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| INSTITUTIONS IN CRISIS | |||||
| PART SIX The Family | 235 | (26) | |||
| 237 | (7) | |||
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| 244 | (8) | |||
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| 252 | (9) | |||
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| PART SEVEN The Environment | 261 | (22) | |||
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| PART EIGHT The Workplace | 283 | (34) | |||
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| 301 | (16) | |||
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| PART NINE Health and Welfare | 317 | (40) | |||
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| 340 | (8) | |||
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| PART TEN The Schools | 357 | (30) | |||
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| PART ELEVEN Crime and Justice | 387 | ||||
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