A. Javier Trevino 
Investigating Social Problems [EPUB ebook] 

General Editor A. Javier Trevino, working with a panel of experts, thoroughly examines all aspects of social problems, providing a contemporary and authoritative introduction to the field. Each chapter is written by a specialist on that particular topic. This unique, contributed format ensures that the research, examples, and theories described are the most current and relevant available. The text is framed around three major themes: intersectionality (the interplay of race, ethnicity, class, and gender), the global scope of many problems, and how researchers take an evidence-based approach to studying problems.

Daftar Isi

1. Sociology and Social Problems – A. Javier Treviño

2. Poverty and Class Inequality – Leslie Hossfeld, E. Brooke Kelly, and Julia Waity

3. Race and Ethnicity – Maria D. Dueñas

4. Gender – Paulina d. C. Inara Rodis and Sara C. Francisco

5. Sexualities – Janelle M. Pham and Anna C. Ziering

6. Aging – Isabel García Valdivia

7. Education – Jenny Stuber

8. Media – William Hoynes, Nicholas Hoynes, and Cameron J. Bunker

9. Families – Heather E. Dillaway, Allison Jendry James, and Nancy J. Mezey

10. Work and the Economy – Jacqueline M. Zalewski

11. Crime – Matthew Delsesto

12. Drugs – Scott Akins and Michelle Inderbitzin

13. Health – Valerie Leiter

14. The Environment – J. M. Bacon

15. Science and Technology – Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott

16. War and Terrorism – Ori Swed

17. Urbanization – Meghan Ashlin Rich

Tentang Penulis

A. Javier Treviño is the author and editor of several books including The Social Thought of C. Wright Mills (SAGE, 2012), Investigating Social Problems (SAGE, 2014) and C. Wright Mills and the Cuban Revolution: An Exercise in the Art of Sociological Imagination (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). He has served as President of the Justice Studies Association (2000–2002) and as President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (2010–2011). He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, UK (2006), a Fulbright Scholar to the Republic of Moldova (2009), and since 2014 has been a Visiting Professor in Social and Political Theory at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.