Handbook of Social Problems
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Handbook of Social Problems

A Comparative International Perspective

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Handbook of Social Problems

A Comparative International Perspective

About this book

"Ritzer?s Handbook of Social Problems offers a comprehensive treatment of today?s major societal issues. The articles are authored by some of the top scholars in the field and address problem areas that will capture the interests of students and professors alike. The international coverage is most welcome in this time of intensifying global inequalities."

-Nancy Jurik,
Arizona State University

The Handbook of Social Problems: A Comparative International Perspective provides a unique, broadly comparative perspective on the current state of social problems and deviance in a variety of societies around the world. Editor George Ritzer, along with leading U.S. and international sociologists, examines the relationship between social problems and a society?s level of development and affluence.

The essays in this volume focus on four interrelated issues involved in the relationship between social problems and the level of development and affluence:

· Less developed and less affluent societies are more likely to experience a range of social problems than developed and affluent societies.

· Affluence causes or at least brings with it a series of social problems that do not exist in less affluent societies.

· It is only with affluence that certain things can come to be imagined as social problems, such as excessive consumption.

· The very affluence of a society makes it vulnerable to problems that would not be social problems in poorer societies.

The Handbook explores the theory of the weakness of the strong—in other words, strong or wealthy nations may have greater vulnerability to some social problems than less developed or affluent societies. This theory is clearly illustrated in this volume by the aftermath of September 11, 2001depicting the vulnerability of the U.S. to social problems in far-removed corners of the world. In addition, the international and comparative essays in this volume cover other important issues such as the impact of modern technologies on social problems, ecological problems, global inequality, health as a social problem, and much more. The Handbook of Social Problems is a vital resource for sociologists and graduate students, as well as an excellent addition to any academic library.

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Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
2003
Print ISBN
9780761926108
eBook ISBN
9781452261553
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Part I - Introduction
  5. Chapter 1 - Social Problems: A Comparative International Perspective
  6. Chapter 2 - Theoretical Issues in the Study of Social Problems and Deviance
  7. Chapter 3 - Methodological Issues in the Study of Social Problems
  8. Chapter 4 - Social Problems and Public Policy
  9. Part II - Social Problems
  10. Chapter 5 - Population Change
  11. Chapter 6 - Ecological Problems
  12. Chapter 7 - Global Inequality
  13. Chapter 8 - Racism in Comparative Perspective
  14. Chapter 9 - Ethnic Conflict as a Global Social Problem
  15. Chapter 10 - Gender Inequality
  16. Chapter 11 - Urban Problems in Global Perspective
  17. Chapter 12 - Work-Related Social Problems
  18. Chapter 13 - The Media and Social Problems
  19. Chapter 14 - Consumption as a Social Problem
  20. Chapter 15 - Family Problems in Global Perspective
  21. Chapter 16 - Racial and Ethnic Educational Inequality in Global Perspective
  22. Chapter 17 - Health as a Social Problem
  23. Chapter 18 - How Medical Care Systems Become Social Problems
  24. Chapter 19 - AIDS as a Social Problem: The Creation of Social Pariahs in the Management of an Epidemic
  25. Chapter 20 - War, Militarism, and National Security
  26. Chapter 21 - Sea Change: The Modern Terrorist Environment in Perspective
  27. Chapter 22 - The Rhetoric and Reality of "Mass Destruction": How Genocide Became an International Social Problem
  28. Chapter 23 - Globalization
  29. Chapter 24 - Technology and Social Problems
  30. Chapter 25 - The Internet as a Global Social Problem
  31. Chapter 26 - Risk
  32. Chapter 27 - Crime
  33. Chapter 28 - Juvenile Delinquency
  34. Chapter 29 - Drug Use as a Global Social Problem
  35. Chapter 30 - The Sexual Spectacle: Making a Public Culture of Sexual Problems
  36. Chapter 31 - Modern-Day Folk Devils and the Problem of Children's Presence in the Global Sex Trade
  37. Chapter 32 - Mental Illness as a Social Problem
  38. Chapter 33 - Disability as a Global Issue
  39. Chapter 34 - Corruption as a Global Social Problem
  40. Index
  41. About the Editor
  42. About the Contributors