Kendall, Diana,

Social problems: in a diverse society / Diana Kendall; Editor Jeff Marshall. - Seventh Edition. - xviii, 373 pages: color illustrations; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Studying social problems in the twenty-first century -- Wealth and poverty : u.s. and global economic inequities -- Racial and ethnic inequality -- Gender inequality -- Inequality based on age -- Inequality based on sexual orientation -- Prostitution, pornography, and sex trafficking -- Alcohol and other drugs -- Crime and criminal justice -- Health care: problems of physical and mental illness -- The changing family -- Problems in education -- Problems in politics and the global economy -- Problems in the media -- Population, global inequality, and the environmental crisis -- Urban problems -- Global social problems : war and terrorism -- Can social problems be solved? -- Glossary -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.

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Social problems--Nonfiction
Religion & Spirituality--Nonfiction

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