Focus on Social Problems: A Contemporary Reader

by Mindy Stombler, Amanda M Jungels, Amanda Jungels

Book Overview

Focus on Social Problems: A Contemporary Reader exposes students to current issues in the field. The selections in this reader help students understand how social problems are defined and constructed, increase their empirical knowledge about the causes and consequences of social problems, and develop empathy. Working from a critical social constructionist foundation, the readings address a wide variety of social problems. Editors Mindy Stombler and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199321353
• ISBN13: 9780199321353
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.1"