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Social Problems

by: Eitzen, D. Stanley; Zinn, Maxine Baca

Social Problems

by: Eitzen, D. Stanley; Zinn, Maxine Baca

ISBN 13:
9780205294565
ISBN 10:
0205294561
Edition: 8th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 08/01/1999
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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This best-selling text continues with this new edition its tradition of challenging students to become enthusiastic about exploring the intricacies and mysteries of social life using the sociological perspective. Taking a conflict approach, Eitzen and Baca Zinn focus on the social structure to determine the underlying features of the social world in an effort to help students to understand today's social problems.

PART ONE THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS

(50)

The Sociological Approach to Social Problems

(19)

The History of Social Problems Theory

(2)

Toward a Definition of Social Problems

(3)

Types of Social Problems

(3)

Norm Violations

(1)

Social Conditions

(2)

Social Structure as the Basic Unit of Analysis

(6)

Person-Blame Approach versus System-Blame Approach

(3)

Reasons for Focusing on the System-Blame Approach

(2)

Organization of the Book

(1)

Chapter Review

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

For Further Study

(1)

Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System

(31)

Capitalism and Socialism

(5)

Capitalism

(2)

Socialism

(3)

The U.S. Economy: The Concentration of Corporate Wealth

(9)

Monopolistic Capitalism

(3)

Multinational Corporations

(1)

The Concentration of Wealth

(5)

The Political System: The Links Between Wealth and Power

(3)

Government by Interest Groups

(1)

The Financing of Political Campaigns

(2)

The Candidate Selection Process

(1)

The Bias of the Political System

(9)

The Consequences of Concentrated Power

(2)

Subsidies to Big Business

(2)

Trickle-Down Solutions

(1)

The Powerless Bear the Burden

(2)

Foreign Policy for Corporate Benefit

(1)

Chapter Review

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

For Further Study

(1)

PART TWO PROBLEMS OF PEOPLE, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND LOCATION

(126)

World Population and Global Inequality

(25)

World Population Growth

(6)

Poverty

(7)

Food and Hunger

(4)

Sickness and Disease

(1)

The Concentration of Misery in Cities

(2)

Priorities of Third World Nations: Military Security or Economic Security?

(1)

U.S. Relations with the Third World

(6)

Multinational Corporations

(4)

U.S. Government

(1)

Chapter Review

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

For Further Study

(1)

Threats to the Environment

(30)

Worldwide Environmental Problems

(10)

Degradation of the Land

(1)

Environmental Pollution and Degradation

(7)

Global Environmental Crises

(4)

Fossil Fuel Dependence, Waste, and Environmental Degradation

(2)

The Destruction of the Tropical Rain Forests

(1)

Global Warming

(1)

Sources of U.S. Environmental Problems

(8)

Cultural Sources

(3)

Structural Sources

(4)

Solutions to the Environmental Crises

(3)

The Pro-Business Voluntaristic Approach

(1)

The Egalitarian/Authoritarian Plan

(1)

The Control of Resource Use

100

(2)

International Implications of Environmental Problems

102

(2)

Chapter Review

104

(1)

Key Terms

105

(1)

For Further Study

105

(1)

Demographic Changes in the United States: The Browning and Graying of Society

106

(33)

The New Immigration and the Changing Racial Landscape

107

(12)

Immigration and Increasing Diversity

110

(1)

The Consequences of the New Immigration

111

(6)

Immigration and Agency

117

(1)

The Effects of Immigration on Immigrants: Ethnic Identity or Assimilation?

117

(2)

The Aging Society

119

(6)

The Demographics of an Aging Society

119

(1)

A Demographic Portrait of the Current Elderly Population

120

(5)

Problems of an Aging Society

125

(10)

Social Security

125

(5)

Paying for Health Care

130

(1)

Elderly Abuse

131

(4)

Responses by the Elderly: Human Agency

135

(2)

Chapter Review

137

(1)

Key Terms

137

(1)

For Further Study

138

(1)

Urban Problems in the United States

139

(38)

The Mugging of U.S. Cities

140

(10)

Suburbanization

140

(2)

Metropolitan Deconcentration

142

(2)

Other Sources of Urban Job Loss

144

(2)

Disinvestment

146

(3)

Federal Abandonment

149

(1)

The Declining Quality of Urban Life

150

(19)

Urban Poverty

150

(3)

The Urban Housing Crisis

153

(5)

Decaying Infrastructure

158

(1)

Transportation, Pollution and the Environment

159

(5)

Health and Health Care

164

(2)

Urban Schools

166

(1)

Crime, Drugs, and Gangs

166

(3)

Urban Policy: Rebuilding U.S. Cities

169

(4)

Why Save the Cities?

169

(1)

Policy Alternatives

169

(4)

American Cities at the Turn of the Century

173

(1)

Chapter Review

174

(1)

Key Terms

175

(1)

For Further Study

176

(1)

PART THREE PROBLEMS OF INEQUALITY

177

(131)

Poverty

177

(35)

The Extent of Poverty

178

(8)

Racial Minorities

180

(1)

Women

180

(2)

Children

182

(1)

Elderly

182

(2)

Place

184

(1)

The Poor-Poor

185

(1)

Myths about Poverty

186

(5)

Refusal to Work

186

(1)

Welfare Dependency

186

(4)

The Poor Get Special Advantages

190

(1)

Welfare Is an African American and Latino Program

191

(1)

The Costs of Poverty

191

(3)

The Causes of Poverty

194

(8)

Deficiency Theory I: Innate Inferiority

194

(5)

Deficiency Theory II: Cultural Inferiority

199

(1)

Structural Theories

200

(2)

The Elimination of Poverty

202

(7)

Chapter Review

209

(1)

Key Terms

210

(1)

For Further Study

210

(2)

Racial and Ethnic Inequality

212

(32)

How to Think About Racial and Ethnic Inequality

213

(1)

Racial and Ethnic Minorities

214

(9)

Racial Categories

215

(2)

Differences among Ethnic Groups

217

(6)

Explanations of Racial and Ethnic Inequality

223

(5)

Deficiency Theories

223

(1)

Bias Theories

224

(1)

Structural Discrimination Theories

224

(4)

Discrimination Against African Americans and Latinos: Continuity and Change

228

(8)

Income

229

(2)

Education

231

(2)

Unemployment

233

(1)

Type of Employment

234

(1)

Health

235

(1)

Contemporary Trends and Issues in U.S. Racial and Ethnic Relations

236

(5)

Growing Racial Strife

237

(2)

Economic Polarization in U.S. Inner Cities

239

(2)

Racial Policies at the Turn of the Century

241

(1)

Chapter Review

242

(1)

Key Terms

243

(1)

For Further Study

243

(1)

Gender Inequality

244

(38)

The Differentiation and Ranking of Women and Men

247

(5)

Is Gender Based on Physiological Differences?

247

(3)

Gender and Power

250

(1)

What Causes Gender Inequality?

251

(1)

Socialization versus Structure: Two Approaches to Gender Inequality

252

(1)

Learning Gender

252

(8)

Children at Home

253

(1)

Children at Play

254

(2)

Formal Education

256

(3)

Socialization as Blaming the Victim

259

(1)

Reinforcing Male Dominance

260

(7)

Language

260

(1)

Interpersonal Behavior

260

(1)

Mass Communications Media

261

(1)

Religion

262

(2)

The Law

264

(1)

Politics

264

(3)

Structured Gender Inequality

267

(10)

Occupational Distribution

267

(5)

The Earnings Gap

272

(1)

Race, Gender, and Workplace Segregation

273

(1)

Pay Equity

274

(1)

How Workplace Inequality Operates

275

(2)

Women and Men in Families

277

(1)

The Costs and Consequences of Sexism

277

(1)

Who Benefits?

277

(1)

The Social and Individual Costs

277

(1)

Fighting the System

278

(2)

Feminist Movements in the United States

278

(1)

Women's Struggles at Century's End

279

(1)

Chapter Review

280

(1)

Key Terms

281

(1)

For Further Study

281

(1)

Sexual Orientation

282

(26)

Social Deviance

283

(3)

The Gay and Lesbian Community: An Overview

286

(4)

Defining Homosexuality

286

(1)

The Roots of Homosexuality

286

(1)

Numbers: How Many Homosexuals?

287

(1)

Interpersonal Relationships and Domestic Arrangements among Homosexuals

288

(2)

Discrimination

290

(12)

Ideological Oppression

290

(5)

Legal Oppression: The Law, the Courts, and the Police

295

(5)

Occupational Discrimination

300

(2)

Fighting the System: Human Agency

302

(3)

Chapter Review

305

(1)

Key Terms

306

(1)

For Further Study

307

(1)

PART FOUR INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS

308

(160)

Work

308

(32)

The Problems of Work

309

(13)

The Control of Workers

309

(2)

Alienation

311

(1)

Dangerous Working Conditions

312

(3)

Sweatshops

315

(1)

Unions and Their Decline

316

(2)

Discrimination in the Workplace: The Perpetuation of Inequality

318

(2)

Unemployment

320

(2)

The Structural Transformation of the Economy

322

(6)

The New Technologies Based on Microelectronics

323

(1)

Globalization of the Economy

324

(1)

Capital Flight

325

(1)

From Manufacturing to Services

326

(2)

Age of Discontinuity

328

(7)

Technology and Jobs

328

(4)

The Global Economy and Domestic Jobs

332

(1)

Demography and Jobs

332

(1)

The Changing Economy, Demography, and the Future of Work

333

(2)

The Transformation of the Economy and the Bifurcation of the United States

335

(2)

Chapter Review

337

(1)

Key Terms

338

(1)

For Further Study

339

(1)

Families

340

(38)

The Mythical Family in the United States

341

(2)

Families in Contemporary U.S. Society: The Family in Capitalism

343

(3)

Stratification and Family Life: Unequal Life Chances

346

(6)

Structural Transformation and Family Life

349

(2)

The Changing Composition of Households and Families

351

(1)

Parents and Children

352

(12)

Social Supports for Working Parents

353

(5)

Single Parents and Their Children

358

(3)

Children's Economic Status

361

(3)

Divorce

364

(5)

The Consequences of Divorce

366

(2)

Children and Divorce

368

(1)

Violence in U.S. Families

369

(7)

Family Organization and Violence

369

(1)

Spouse Abuse

369

(3)

Child Abuse and Neglect

372

(3)

Consequences

375

(1)

Chapter Review

376

(1)

Key Terms

377

(1)

For Further Study

377

(1)

Education

378

(32)

The Characteristics of Education in the United States

379

(7)

Education as a Conserving Force

379

(1)

Mass Education

380

(1)

Local Control of Education

381

(4)

The Competitive Nature of U.S. Education

385

(1)

The ``Sifting and Sorting'' Function of Schools

385

(1)

The Preoccupation with Order and Control

385

(1)

The Political Economy of Education in Corporate Society

386

(2)

The Role of Education in Corporate Society

387

(1)

Social-Class Biases of the Educational System

387

(1)

Education and Inequality

388

(14)

The Relation between School Success and Socioeconomic Success

388

(9)

Segregation

397

(1)

Tracking and Teachers' Expectations

398

(4)

Possible Ways to Promote Equality of Opportunity

402

(6)

Reforming the Financing of Education

402

(3)

Special Programs for the Disadvantaged

405

(2)

Reforming Schools to Allow Each Individual to Realize Her or His Potential

407

(1)

Restructuring Society

408

(1)

Chapter Review

408

(1)

Key Terms

409

(1)

For Further Study

409

(1)

Health and Health Care Delivery

410

(32)

Unequal Access to Health Care

411

(12)

Social Class

412

(5)

Race

417

(4)

Gender

421

(2)

Class, Race, and Gender: Who Wins and Who Loses in the Battle Against HIV/AIDS

423

(11)

The Changing Social Organization of Health Care Delivery

427

(1)

The Fee-for-Service System

427

(1)

The Shift to Managed Care

428

(4)

The Shift from Private to For-Profit Hospitals

432

(2)

Toward a Better Health Care System: Some Alternatives

434

(5)

Reforms within the Medical Community

435

(1)

National Health Insurance

436

(1)

Societal Changes

437

(2)

Chapter Review

439

(1)

Key Terms

440

(1)

For Further Study

440

(2)

National Security

442

(26)

The U. S. Defense Establishment

445

(11)

How Big Is the U.S. Military?

446

(1)

What Does the End of the Cold War Mean for the Military?

446

(6)

The Economic Beneficiaries of Military Spending

452

Waste in Defense Spending

450

(2)

The Domestic Social Impacts of Military Spending

452

(4)

The Threat of Domestic Terrorism

456

(7)

The Ideology of the New Revolutionaries

457

(2)

The Movement's Followers

459

(3)

How Can the Threat of Domestic Terrorism Be Reduced?

462

(1)

The New National Security

463

(2)

Children

463

(1)

Crime

464

(1)

Cities

464

(1)

Chapter Review

465

(2)

Key Terms

467

(1)

For Further Study

467

(1)

PART FIVE SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND INDIVIDUAL DEVIANCE

468

(69)

Crime and Justice

468

(34)

Crime in Society

469

(17)

What Is Crime?

469

(2)

Crime Rates

471

(2)

Demographic Characteristics of People Arrested for Crimes

473

(4)

Categories of Crime

477

(9)

The Unjust System of Justice

486

(11)

The Laws

487

(1)

The Police

488

(1)

The Judicial Process

489

(4)

The Correctional System

493

(4)

The Unjust Imposition of the Label ``Criminal''

497

(3)

Chapter Review

500

(1)

Key Terms

500

(1)

For Further Study

501

(1)

Drugs

502

(35)

Drugs in Society

504

(15)

Types and Effects of Psychoactive Drugs

504

(8)

Drug Patterns by Class and Race

512

(4)

The Impact of Social Factors on Drug Use

516

(1)

Medical and Social Pressures to Use Drugs

517

(2)

The Politics of Drugs

519

(9)

The Historical Legality of Drugs

520

(1)

Factors Influencing Drug Laws and Enforcement

521

(5)

The Consequences of Official Drug Policies

526

(2)

Alternatives

528

(6)

Prohibition Through Criminal Laws and Police Enforcement

529

(1)

Regulation of Trade or Use Through Licensing and Taxation

529

(3)

Noninterference

532

(2)

Chapter Review

534

(1)

Key Terms

535

(1)

For Further Study

536

(1)

PART SIX SOLUTIONS

537

(24)

A Progressive Plan to Solve Society's Social Problems

537

(24)

Social Problems and Social Policy

538

(1)

Sociology, Social Problems, and Social Change

539

(3)

The Sociological Paradox: Structure and Agency

540

(1)

The Sociological Dilemma: Recognition and Rejection

540

(2)

Progressive Principles to Guide Public Policy

542

(7)

Is a Progressive Social Policy Possible?

549

(5)

Should a Progressive Plan Be Adopted by U.S. Society?

549

(1)

Financing the Progressive Agenda

550

(1)

Is There any Hope of Instituting a Social Agenda Based on Progressive Principles?

550

(4)

Human Agency: Social Change from the Bottom Up

554

(5)

Individuals Protesting and Organizing for Change

554

(5)

Chapter Review

559

(1)

Key Terms

559

(1)

For Further Study

560

(1)

Bibliography

561

(21)

Name Index

582

(5)

Subject Index

587

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