TY - BOOK AU - Kendall,Diana Elizabeth TI - Social problems in a diverse society SN - 0205337252 U1 - 361.1 PY - 2004/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Allyn and Bacon KW - Social problems N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-447) and indexes; Preface - 1. Taking a new look at social problems - 2. Wealth and poverty: U.S. and global economics inequalities - 3. Racial and ethnic inequality - 4. Gender inequality - 5. Inequality based on age - 6. Inequality based on sexual orientation - 7. Prostitution, pornography, and the sex industry - 8. Alcohol and other drugs - 9. Crime and criminal justice - 10. Health care: problems of physical and mental illness - 11. The changing family - 12. Problems in education - 13. Problems in politics and the global economics - 14. Problems in the media - 15. Population and the environmental crisis - 16. Urban problems - 17. Global social problems: war and terrorism - 18. Can social problems be soved? - Glossary - References - Name index - Subject index ER -