Social problems / Dennis E. Poplin

Dalas, SAD / London, Velika Britanija 1978. Tvrd povez, ilustrovano, engleski jezik, format 19×24 cm, 508 strana.

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Sadržaj:

Part I: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL PROBLEMS

1 Introduction 

A Definition of a Social Problem 

Perspectives on Social Problems 

— Deviant Behavior 

— Problems of Structure  

— Institutional Crises 

2 The Social Setting for Social Problems 

Values and Social Problems 

— Material Success 

— Individualism 

— Work 

— Violence

Urbanism and Social Problems 

— Large Population Size 

— High Population Density 

— Heterogeneity

The Amelioration of Social Problems 

— Individual Treatment 

— Law 

— Government Action

Summary

Part II: DEVIANT BEHAVIOR

3 Mental Disorders 

Extent and Costs of Mental Illness

What Is Mental Illness?

— Signs of Mental Health and Illness 

— Labeling 

Types of Mental Illness  

— Neuroses 

— Psychosomatic Disorders 

— Functional Psychoses 

— Organic Brain Syndrome 

Explanations for Mental Illness  

— Individual Factors 

— Sociological Factors  

Treatment

— Facilities and Personnel 

— Approaches to Treatment

Summary

4 Alcoholism 

What Is Alcoholism?

— Problem Drinking 

— Alcoholism as a Disease 

How Much Alcoholism?

Who Is Alcoholic?

— Age 

— Sex 

— Race and Ethnicity 

— Socioeconomic Status 

— Size of Community  

Alcoholism: Its Costs and Consequences

— On Family 

— On Work 

— On Health and Safety

— On Other Social Problems

The Causes of Alcoholism

— Biological Factors 

— Psychological Factors

— Sociological Factors 

— A Final Note

Treating Alcoholism

— Prerequisites to Treatment 

— Specific Approaches

Summary

5 Drug Abuse and Narcotics Addiction

What Is Drug Abuse?   

Extent of Drug Abuse 

— Marijuana

The Marijuana User 

— The Effects of Marijuana

LSD 

Narcotics Addiction 

— Withdrawal 

— Tolerance 

— Causes 

— Narcotics 

— Addiction as a Social Problem

Social Confrol

— Social Control of Narcotics Addiction 

— Social Control of Marijuana 

— Social Control in the '70s 

The Search for Solutions  

— Individualized Treatment 

— Policy Changes

Summary

6 Deviant Sexual Behavior 

American Attitudes Toward Sex 

Male Homosexuality 

— Extent of Male Homosexuality 

— Causes of Male Homosexuality 

— Male Homosexual Subcultures

— The Homophile Movement 

Female Homosexuality

Prostitution 

— Extent of Prostitution 

— Types of Prostitution 

— Subculture of Prostitution 

— Causes of Prostitution

— Liberalizing Attitudes and Laws  

Pornography 

Swinging

On Legislating Morality 

Summary 

7 Juvenile Delinquency 

What Is Juvenile Delinquency?  

Extent of Juvenile Delinquency 

Correlates of Juvenile Delinquency 

— Age 

— Sex 

— Race 

— Social Class

Social Institudons and Juvenile Delinquency 

— The Family 

— The School 

Theories of Juvenile Delinquency

— Nonsociological Theories 

— Sociological Theories  

Social Control  

— Traditional Approaches 

— Diversion 

Society and Juvenile Delinquency: A Broader View

Summary

8 Crime

What Is Crime?

How Much Crime?

Cost of Crime

Correlates of Crime

— Age 

— Sex 

— Race 

— Social Class

Types of Crime

— Common Crime 

— White-Collar Crime 

— Terrorism

— Organized Crime

Causes of Crime

— Differential Association 

— Containment Theory

— Social Reality of Crime

Crime and Punishment

— The Present 

— The Future

Summary

Part III: PROBLEMS OF STRUCTURE

9 Poverty

Poverty, Social Stratification, and Social Problems

What Is Poverty?

Who Are the Poor?

Being Poor in an Affluent Society

— Education and the Poor 

— The Poor Pay More 

— The Law and the Poor 

— Poverty and Health

Causes of Poverty

— Effects of Schooling 

— Unemployability 

— Racism

— Sexism 

— Recession

Perpetuating Poverty

— Cycle of Poverty 

— Culture of Poverty

A Search for Solutions

— The War on Poverty 

— The Welfare System Today

— Redistribution of Income

Summary

10 Racial and Ethnic Prejudice and Discrimination

Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States

Institutional Discrimination 

— Educational 

— Economic and Occupational 

— Legal and Political 

— Segregation  

Prejudice

— The Nature of Prejudice 

— Racism

Origins of Prejudice and Discrimination 

— Psychological Factors 

— Economic Factors

— Sociohistorical Factors 

— A Concluding Note

Liberation Movements and the Demand for Change

— The Civil Rights Phase 

— The Militant Phase 

— The Black Movement in the '70s 

— The Black Movement in Retrospect   

Summary

11 Sex Roles and Sexism

Sexism

What Is Sexism?

Consequences of Sexism

— Educational

— Occupational 

— Legal

— Political Other

Origins of Sexism

— Sex 

— Sex Role 

— Biological Origins

— Sociocultural Origins

The Contemporary Women's Rights Movement 

— Goals 

— Methods 

— Is the Women's Movement Succeeding?

Summary

12 Growing Old

Who Are the Old?

The Demographics of Aging

Old People: Their Major Problems

Meeting the Problems

Summary

13 Overpopulation

Studying Population Growth

Triggering the Explosion

Rapid Population Growth: Its Costs and Consequences

The Search for Solutions

Summary