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Solutions to Social Problems : Lessons from Other Societies

ISBN: 9780205321070 | 0205321070
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 6/1/2000

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SummaryTable of Contents
The only reader to look at how other countries solve their social problems in order to help us in the U.S. solve our own. This reader offers an emphasis on solving social problems, a topic that is lacking in most Social Problems textbooks. It is organized around thirteen problem areas typically covered in the Social Problems course and can be used to complement any Social Problems textbook. The readings included are from other societies and demonstrate successful alternatives for overcoming the social problems that plague the United States.
Prefacev
Part One Introduction1(1)
Section 1 The Comparative Approach to Social Problems1(30)
U.S. Social Problems in Comparative Perspective
3... MORE
D. Stanley Eitzen
Craig S. Leedham
Canada: A Kinder, Gentler Nation
13(13)
Peter Dreier
Elaine Bernard
Remedying Social Problems [Sweden: A Social Welfare State]
26(5)
Joe R. Feagin
Clairece Booher Feagin
Part Two Problems of Inequality31(2)
Section 2 Poverty33(21)
The United States Context
33(2)
Why the U.S. Antipoverty System Doesn't Work Very Well
35(11)
Timothy M. Smeeding
Why Canada Has Less Poverty
46(5)
Maria J. Hanratty
What's Wrong with Current Poverty Policies?
51(3)
Randy Albelda
Chris Tilly
Section 3 Income Inequality54(21)
The United States Context
54(2)
Toward an Apartheid Economy?
56(10)
Richard B. Freeman
Inequality Here and There
66(6)
Claude S. Fischer
Michael Hout
Martin Sanchez Jankowski
Samuel R. Lucas
Ann Swidler
Kim Voss
For CEOs, a Minimum Wage in the Millions
72(3)
Holly Sklar
Section 4 Gender75(18)
The United States Context
75(1)
Comparable Worth in Industrialized Countries
76(6)
U.S. Department of Labor
Swedish Sojourn [The Condition of Women in Sweden]
82(11)
Susan Faludi
Section 5 Age93(10)
The United States Context
93(2)
The Super-Aged Society [Japan]
95(3)
Shigeaki Baba
A Gradual Goodbye
98(5)
The Economist
Part Three Institutional Problems103(2)
Section 6 Families105(17)
The United States Context
105(2)
The Nordic Countries: Public Programs for Dealing with the Consequences of Divorce
107(5)
William J. Goode
It's About Time: Will Europe Solve the Work/Family Dilemma?
112(7)
Deborah Figart
Ellen Mutari
Same-Sex Spouses in Canada
119(3)
E. J. Graff
Section 7 Schools122(18)
The United States Context
122(3)
Teaching Our Teachers: Lessons from Abroad
125(6)
Richard P. McAdams
U.S. and German Youths: Unemployment and the Transition from School to Work
131(9)
Robert J. Gitter
Markus Scheuer
Section 8 Work140(13)
The United States Context
140(2)
Jobs versus Wages: The Phony Trade-Off [The United States Compared to the European Social Democracies]
142(5)
Phineas Baxandall
Jobs for Life: Why Japan Won't Give Them Up
147(6)
Eamonn Fingleton
Section 9 Health Care and Delivery153(36)
The United States Context
153(2)
Primary Care and Health: A Cross-National Comparison
155(8)
Barbara Starfield
The Health Care System in Sweden
163(10)
Swedish Institute
Long-Term Care: A Comparison of Policies and Services in Israel and the United Kingdom and Implications for the United States
173(16)
Carole Cox
Part Four Problems of People, Resources, and Place189(2)
Section 10 Cities191(17)
The United States Context
191(2)
America's Rush to Suburbia
193(3)
Kenneth T. Jackson
Going Places: Europe's Cities Are Being Redesigned with People and the Environment in Mind
196(4)
Jay Walljasper
Metropolis Unbound: The Sprawling American City and the Search for Alternatives
200(8)
Robert Geddes
Section 11 Environment208(21)
The United States Context
208(2)
The Green Revolution in the Making [Germany's Mandate for Clean Technologies]
210(8)
Curtis Moore
Late to the Station [The Promise of High-Speed Rail]
218(5)
David Moberg
Creating Markets for Recycling
223(6)
Fred Friedman
Part Five Individual Deviance229(2)
Section 12 Crime and Crime Control231(18)
The United States Context
231(2)
Cultural Divide over Crime and Punishment [The United States Compared to European Nations]
233(7)
Linnet Myers
The Secret of Japan's Safe Streets
240(6)
The Economist
Deaths Reflect Gun Use in U. S. [Fatality Rates Stand Alone]
246(3)
Michael Booth
Section 13 Drugs249
The United States Context
249
The View from Platform Zero: How Holland Handles Its Drug Problem
251
Daniel M. Perrine
The Netherlands: Let's Be Realistic
256
Herbert P. Barnard
Does Europe Do It Better? Lessons from Holland, Britain and Switzerland
260
Robert J. MacCoun
Peter Reuter

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