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Social problems in a diverse society / Diana Kendall.

By: Kendall, Diana Elizabeth.
Publisher: Boston, MA : Allyn and Bacon, c2004Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xxiv, 467 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0205337252.Subject(s): Social problemsDDC classification: 361.1
Contents:
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.
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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.