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Acknowledgments
Preface
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1. 1.1 What Is a Social Problem?
2. 1.2 Sociological Perspectives on Social Problems
3. 1.3 Continuity and Change in Social Problems
4. 1.4 Doing Research on Social Problems
5. 1.5 End-of-Chapter Material
6. 2.1 The Measurement and Extent of Poverty
7. 2.2 Who the Poor Are: Social Patterns of Poverty
8. 2.3 Explaining Poverty
9. 2.4 The Consequences of Poverty
10. 2.5 Global Poverty
11. 2.6 Reducing Poverty
12. 2.7 End-of-Chapter Material
13. 3.1 Racial and Ethnic Inequality: A Historical Prelude
14. 3.2 The Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
15. 3.3 Prejudice
16. 3.4 Discrimination
17. 3.5 Dimensions of Racial and Ethnic Inequality
18. 3.6 Explaining Racial and Ethnic Inequality
19. 3.7 Reducing Racial and Ethnic Inequality
20. 3.8 End-of-Chapter Material
21. 4.1 Understanding Sex and Gender
22. 4.2 Feminism and Sexism
23. 4.3 Dimensions of Gender Inequality
24. 4.4 Violence against Women: Rape and Sexual Assault
25. 4.5 The Benefits and Costs of Being Male
26. 4.6 Reducing Gender Inequality
27. 4.7 End-of-Chapter Material
28. 5.1 Understanding Sexual Orientation
29. 5.2 Public Attitudes about Sexual Orientation
30. 5.3 Inequality Based on Sexual Orientation
31. 5.4 Improving the Lives of the LGBT Community
32. 5.5 End-of-Chapter Material
33. 6.1 The Concept and Experience of Aging
34. 6.2 Perspectives on Aging
35. 6.3 Life Expectancy and the Graying of Society
36. 6.4 Biological and Psychological Aspects of Aging
37. 6.5 Problems Facing Older Americans
38. 6.6 Reducing Ageism and Helping Older Americans
39. 6.7 End-of-Chapter Material
40. 7.1 Drug Use in History
41. 7.2 Drugs and Drug Use Today
42. 7.3 Social Patterning of Drug Use
43. 7.4 Explaining Drug Use
44. 7.5 Drug Policy and the War on Illegal Drugs
45. 7.6 Addressing the Drug Problem and Reducing Drug Use
46. 7.7 End-of-Chapter Material
47. 8.1 The Problem of Crime
48. 8.2 Types of Crime
49. 8.3 Who Commits Crime?
50. 8.4 Explaining Crime
51. 8.5 The Criminal Justice System
52. 8.6 Reducing Crime
53. 8.7 End-of-Chapter Material
54. 9.1 An Overview of Heterosexuality
55. 9.2 Teenage Sex and Pregnancy
56. 9.3 Abortion
57. 9.4 Prostitution
58. 9.5 Pornography
59. 9.6 End-of-Chapter Material
60. 10.1 Overview of the Family
61. 10.2 Sociological Perspectives on the Family
62. 10.3 Changes and Problems in American Families
63. 10.4 Families in the Future
64. 10.5 End-of-Chapter Material
65. 11.1 An Overview of Education in the United States
66. 11.2 Sociological Perspectives on Education
67. 11.3 Issues and Problems in Elementary and Secondary Education
68. 11.4 Issues and Problems in Higher Education
69. 11.5 Improving Schools and Education
70. 11.6 End-of-Chapter Material
71. 12.1 Overview of the Economy
72. 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Work and the Economy
73. 12.3 Problems in Work and the Economy
74. 12.4 Improving Work and the Economy
75. 12.5 End-of-Chapter Material
76. 13.1 Sociological Perspectives on Health and Health Care
77. 13.2 Global Aspects of Health and Health Care
78. 13.3 Problems of Health in the United States
79. 13.4 Problems of Health Care in the United States
80. 13.5 Improving Health and Health Care
81. 13.6 End-of-Chapter Material
82. 14.1 A Brief History of Urbanization
83. 14.2 Sociological Perspectives on Urbanization
84. 14.3 Problems of Urban Life
85. 14.4 Problems of Rural Life
86. 14.5 Improving Urban and Rural Life
87. 14.6 End-of-Chapter Material
88. 15.1 Sociological Perspectives on Population and the Environment
89. 15.2 Population
90. 15.3 The Environment
91. 15.4 Addressing Population Problems and Improving the Environment
92. 15.5 End-of-Chapter Material
93. 16.1 Sociological Perspectives on War and Terrorism
94. 16.2 War
95. 16.3 Terrorism
96. 16.4 Preventing War and Stopping Terrorism
97. 16.5 End-of-Chapter Material
98. Overview
99. Course Objectives
100. Course Learning Activities
101. My Expectations
102. Expectations for Interaction
103. Instructor Feedback
104. How You Will Be Graded
105. Readings
106. A Note on the Sequencing of Exams and Seminars
107. This Course is Completely On-line
108. Students with Learning Disabilities
109. Your Next Steps
110. How Seminars Will Be Graded - Part I
111. How Seminars Will Be Graded - Part II
112. How Seminars Will Be Graded - Part III
113. Seminar on Chapters 1 and 16
114. Culminating Survey
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