Social problems : a critical thinking approach

Title:

Social problems : a critical thinking approach

Author:

Baker, Paul J.

Publication Information:

Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1993.

Format:

Books

Carrier Type:

xiv, 530 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject Term:

Sociology.

Social problems.

Criticism (Philosophy)

Journalism -- Social aspects.

Added Author:

Anderson, Louis E.

Dorn, Dean S.

ISBN:

9780534190149

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Instead of just describing social problems, this book helps students develop active critical thinking skills through evaluating and analyzing readings from social scientists and journalists on major social problems. The authors goal is to teach students to be lifelong critical consumers of journalistic and social scientific accounts of all kinds of social problems.

Part 1 A Framework for Critical Analysis

1 Social Problems: Constructed Realities of Civic Knowledge

2 Social Problems: Discourse About Private Troubles and Public Issues

3 Guidelines for Critical Reasoning

4 Applying Guidelines: A Case Study In Critical Reasoning

Part 2 Case Studies From Journalism and Sociology

5 Inequality and Gender

6 Women in the Third World

7 Social Classes and Welfare Policy

8 Race and Social Inequality

9 Race and Employment Opportunities

10 Drugs: Licit and Illicit

11 Street Crime and Gangs

12 White-Collar Crime

13 The Homeless

14 Health and Medical Care

15 Mental Health

16 Aids

17 Abortion

18 Stratifying the Classroom

19 Market Choice Versus The Common School

20 School Dropouts

21 Population Growth and the Environment

22 The Environment and the Market

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