Social problems: Role, institutional, and societal perspectives. With the assist. of Kathleen J. Ferraro, ...
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1981
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| adam_text | CONTENTS Preface vii ļ| SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIOLOGY 7 CHAPTER 1 The Nature of Social Problems: A Sociological Perspective 2 Defining Social Problems 6 Perceptions of Undesirable Conditions 7 The Question of Social Values and Norms 9 Significant Numbers of People or a Number of Influential People Beliefs That the Problem Can and Should Change 10 The Career of a Social Problem 11 Social Problems and Sociology 13 Theoretical Perspectives 14 Social Pathology 14 Social Disorganization 16 Value Conflict 16 Deviant Behavior 17 Labeling 19 Levels of Analysis: Role, Institutional, and Societal 20 Organization of the Book 21 Summary 22 Suggested Readings 23 9 2 SOCIAL ROLES ASSOCIAI. ISSUE S~24 CHAPTER 2 Sexual Deviance: Homosexuality, Prostitution, and Pornography 26 Our Sexual Legacy: An Historic Perspective 29 A Perspective on Sexuality and Sexual Deviance What Is Deviant? 33 Homosexuality: Trying to Leave the Closet 35 Lesbianism 41 Prostitution: Condemned Yet Supported 42 Pornography: In the Eye of the Beholder 46 Summary 50 Suggested Readings 50 32 ix
X Contents CHAPTER 3 Crime and Violence in Society: Accuser and Accused 52 Counting and Measuring Crime and Violence 56 Explaining Crime and Violence 60 Societal-Level Explanations 62 Institutional and Learning Explanations 65 Role and Interactional Explanations 67 Social Theories and Social Policy 70 Corrections 70 Personal Violence 75 White-Collar, Business, and Professional Crime 76 Summary 80 Suggested Readings 80 CHAPTER 4 Drug and Alcohol Abuse: A Social Puzzle 82 Drug Definitions 85 Drug-Related Behavior 87 Drug Effects 91 Drug Experiences 93 Alcohol 95 Narcotics 102 Barbiturates, Hypnotics, and Tranquilizers 106 Amphetamines, Cocaine, and Other Stimulants 108 Hallucinogens 109 Cannabis 111 Summary 113 Suggested Readings 114 CHAPTER 5 Mental Illness: A Modern-Day Witchcraft 116 The Changing Perception of Mental Illness The Many Faces of Mental Illness 119 The The The The The The Medical Model of Mental Illness 121 Psychotherapy Model of Mental Illness 122 Existential Model of Mental Illness 123 Residual Deviance Model of Mental Illness 124 Myth of Mental Illness Model 125 Models Together 126 Social Factors and Mental Illness 127 The Asylum 129 Community Mental Health 132 Treatment of Mental Illness 133 Summary 136 Suggested Readings 137 118
CHAPTER 6 Race and Ethnic Relations: Some More Equal Than Others 138 Who Are They ? Race, Prejudice, and Discrimination Defined 140 Cross-Cultural Context of Prejudice and Discrimination 142 Institutional Prejudice and Discrimination: Immigrants 144 Institutional Prejudice and Discrimination: America Today 147 Interpersonal Prejudice and Discrimination 151 Different Identities 154 Black Americans 154 American Indians 155 Mexican Americans 156 Chinese Americans 157 [apanese Americans 158 Summary 161 Suggested Readings 161 CHAPTER 7 Sexism: Of Women and Men 162 Sex Role Socialization 166 Cross-Cultural Research 166 Socialization and Sex Role Differences 167 Learning Sex Roles: Molding, Modeling, or Self-Socialization 168 Media Images of Sex Roles 169 The Social Context of Sex Roles 169 The Impact of Sexism on Men 170 Women and the Economy 173 History of Women s Work 173 Women s Work Today 174 Nonwhite Women 176 Occupational Oppression 178 Violence Against Women: Rape and Battering 180 Rape 180 Battered Women 183 Media Images of Violence Against Women 185 Women s Liberation: Toward a Nonsexist Society 186 Summary 188 Suggested Readings 189 CHAPTER 8 Ageism: Forever Young 192 Preindustrial Societies 195 The United States Today 196 Other Countries 198 Health and Old Age 199 Sexuality 200
ХІІ Contents Income 201 Retirement 202 Leisure 203 Biological Aging 203 The Social Psychology of Growing Old 204 Old and Female 206 To Be Black and Old 208 The Nursing Home and Its Alternatives The Rural Old 210 Crime and the Old 211 The Reaction of the Elderly 212 Summary 213 Suggested Readings 213 3 208 SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AS SOCIAL PROBLEMS 214 CHAPTER 9 Family: Change and Crisis 216 Family as an Institution 218 Social Forces Creating Family Disorganization 220 Trouble at Home: Selected Family Problems 223 Illegitimacy 223 The Empty-Shell Family 225 Failures in Childhood Socialization Violence 228 Financial Crises 232 Divorce 234 226 Breaks from Tradition: Alternate Family Forms 238 Summary 242 Suggested Readings 242 CHAPTER 10 Education: How Schools Fail 244 An Historic Overview 248 Educational Goals: Contradictions and Debates Educational Inequality 256 A Sorting Device: The IQ Test 262 Equalizing Education for Racial Minorities 252 264 Education and Problems of Bureaucracy 266 Dcbureaucratizing Schools: Open Classrooms and Free Schools A Profession Gone Astray: Teaching 271 Summary 275 Suggested Readings 276 269
Contents CHAPTER 11 Work, Leisure, and Sport: Weekdays and Weekends 278 The Changing Nature of Work 281 The Value of Work Today 282 The Meaning of Work Today 282 Work and Time 283 The Professionalization of Work 285 Specialization and Automation 286 Work·. Meaning or Money? 287 Disadvantaged Workers 288 Work and Leisure Today 291 Leisure and Recreation 292 Sport and Social Values: Who Won? 294 Sport and Social Mobility: From Rags to Riches Sport and Race: The Black Athlete 298 Sport and Gender: The Female Athlete 300 Sports and Violence 303 Summary 305 Suggested Readings 306 295 CHAPTER 12 Medicine and Dying: White Coat, Black Shroud 30Ց The Medicalization of Society 310 The Professional Dominance of Physicians 311 Medicine as a Costly Business 314 The Uneven Distribution 318 Alternatives 321 The Changing Definition of Death 323 Terminal Patients 325 The Cost of Dying 326 The Survivors 327 Summary 329 Suggested Readings 329 SOCIETAL CONTEXTS AS SOCIAL PROBLEMS 331 CHAPTER 13 Urban and Rural Problems: Communities in Crisis 332 Urban History: The Growth and Problems of Cities 334 Problems of Contemporary American Cities 340 Government, Services, and Finances 340 Poverty, Ghettos, and Housing 345 XIII
XIV Contents Crime and Riots 35! Overcrowding and Pollution 354 Suburban Growth and Problems 356 Forgotten Communities: Rural Problems 359 Summary 360 Suggested Readings 361 CHAPTER 14 Problems of Inequality in Wealth and Power: The Economy and Polity 364 The United States as an Archetype Advanced Nation: Problems Inherent in the Economy and Polity of the Corporate State 367 The Corporate State: Problems of Private Corporations, Oligopoly, and Multinationals 367 The Growth of Big Government: Problems of Economic and Political Relationships in the Corporate State 371 Problems Related to the Military-Industrial Complex 373 Poverty and Inequality in an Affluent Society 378 Consequences of the Corporate Political Economy: Personal Troubles and Public Issues 382 The Concentration of Economic Power 382 Corporate Control and Consumers 386 The Concentration of Political Power 387 The Expansion of Government Activity: Concentration of Resources Summary 392 Suggested Readings 393 387 CHAPTER 15 The Ecosystem and the Quality of Life: The Fragile Planet 396 Global Problems of Inequality and the Ecosystem 397 Problems of World Economy: Inequality Among the First, Second, and Third Worlds 397 The Current World Economic Crisis 399 The Ecosystem and Environmental Problems; The Quality of Life on Spaceship Earth” 401 Global Ecological Problems: Positive Growth and Survival 402 Improving the Quality of Life: Consequences of Positive Growth 410 Dilemmas and Effects of Environmental Change 410 Development Through Investment and Foreign Aid: Myths and Priorities 414 Goals and Objectives 414
Private Investments 414 Overseas Development Assistance 415
Summary 416 Suggested Readings 417 Name Index 423 Subject Index 431
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