Constructing Social Problems

ISBN-13: 9781138521124 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 196 str.

Malcolm Spector; John I. Kitsuse

Opis

This volume aims to provide a definition of social problems within sociology and to prepare the ground for the empirical study of social problems. The work challenges sociologists who, over many years, have written treatises on social problems, and will be viewed as controversial.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments, Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Functional and Normative Definitions, Chapter 3 The Value-Conflict School, Chapter 4 Social Problems and Deviance: Some Parallels, Chapter 5 Social Problems as Claims-Making Activities, Chapter6 The Description and Analysis of Social Problems Activities: An Extended Empirical Example, Chapter 7 The Natural History of Social Problems, Chapter 8 Teaching Social Problems, References, Name Index, Subject Index, vi

O autorze

Malcolm Spector, John I. Kitsuse