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Brief history of social problems : a critical thinking approach / Frank J. McVeigh, Loreen Wolfer.
- Title
- Brief history of social problems : a critical thinking approach / Frank J. McVeigh, Loreen Wolfer.
- Author
- McVeigh, Frank J.
- Publication
- Dallas : University Press of America, c2004.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Wolfer, Loreen Therese, 1968-
- Description
- xiv, 436 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "In this book, Frank McVeigh and Loreen Wolfer take an historical approach to examine the causes and conflicts behind ten major social problems that have existed for nearly 230 years. Using a critical thinking perspective of the history, sociology, politics, and economics of the period, the authors analyze social problems as a series of conflicts between those with power and those who were at one time virtually powerless. Embedded in this analysis is a discussion of how the shift from a Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft society has influenced how we address these problems as a society. Using these themes, McVeigh and Wolfer provide insight into the ways individuals, groups, and social institutions change over time, gaining or losing power."--BOOK JACKET.
- Alternative Title
- History of social problems
- Social problems
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Personal Problems Leading to Social Issues -- Crime, Delinquency and Administration of Justice -- Drugs and Alcohol -- Groups, Social Milieu and Social Issues -- Changing Gender Roles -- The Racial Problem in America -- Institutions and Social Issues -- Social Problems Related to the Family -- Education and Schools as a Social Problem -- Medical and Health Care Problems -- Economic Problems: Poverty, Wealth and Unemployment -- Population and the Environment as an Issue -- International Dimensions of Social Problems -- International Social Problems: Globalization, War and Terrorism.
- ISBN
- 0761828311
- LCCN
- ^^2004102475
- OCLC
- 56054227
- SCSB-11142840
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library