This text focuses on the significance of race, class, and gender; uses personal narratives to convey how problems are experienced by individuals and groups; and applies sociological perspectives throughout to examine social issues.Wealth and Poverty: U.S. and Global Economic Inequalities; Racial and Ethnic Inequality; Gender Inequality; Inequality Based on Age; Inequality Based on Sexual Orientation; Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry; Alcohol and Other Drugs; Crime and Criminal Justice; Health Care: Problems of Physical and Mental Illness; The Changing Family; Problems in Education; Problems in Politics and the Global Economy; Problems in the Media; Population, Global Inequality, and the Environmental Crisis; Urban Problems ; Global Social Problems: War and Terrorism.For anyone wishing to better understand society and the impact of social problems.