SOCIAL PROBLEMS - A DOWN-TO-EARTH APPROACH

This theoretically balanced book provides a thoroughunderstanding of major social problems facing the United States theircauses, consequences, likely future course, and what can be done about them.It provides readers with the basic data and thesociological frameworks for interpreting those data. It uses a clear writingstyle, with liberal use of examples, illustrations, tables, and figures wellintegrated into the book and includes 22 A Global Glimpse boxes that help students keep up with fast-paced global changes, and allows themto compare U.S. problems with those of other societies.