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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kurt Finsterbusch; McGraw-Hill/Dushkin. |
| ISBN: | 0072838698 9780072838695 |
| OCLC Number: | 52840963 |
| Description: | xviii, 222 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction, nature of social problems and general critiques of American society : Social problems, definitions, theories, and analysis / Harold A. Widdison; Fragmentation of social life / D. Stanley Eitzel; How to re-moralize America / Francis Fukuyama -- Problems of the political economy : [Part A. Polity] Who rues America? / G. William Dornhoff; Setting right a dangerous world / John L. Gaddis; [Part B. Economy] End of globalization? / Michael Shuman; In corporation America, it's cleanup time / Jerry Useem; Tort mess / Michael Freedman; [Part C. Problems of place] Broken heartland / Jeff Glasser -- Problems of poverty and inequality : [Part A. Inequality and the poor] Are the rich cleaning up? / Cait Murphy; Out of sight out of mind / The Economist; [Part B. Welfare] Corporate welfare / Donald L. Barlett; From welfare to work / Isabel Sawhill; [Part C. Racial and ethnic inequality and issues] Why we hate / Margo Monteith; Melting pot, (part 1) are we there yet? / Anne Wortham; [Part D. Gender inequalities and issues] Violence against women / Toni Nelson; Where the boys are / Cathy Young; [Part E. Disadvantaged or vulnerable groups] When baby boomers grown old / Elizabeth Benedict -- Institutional problems : [Part A. Family] American family / Stephanie Coontz; Baby boycott / Stephanie Mencimer; Divorce and cohabitation, why we don't marry / James G. Wilson; Should you stay together for the kids? / Walter Kim; [Part B. Education] Making school reform work / Chester E. Finn, Jr.; [Part C. Health] American health system / William W. McGuire; Death stalks a continent / Johanna McGeary -- Crime, violence, and law enforcement : [Part A. Crime] Preventing crime, the promising road ahead / Gene Stephens; Enough is enough / Clifton Leaf; Pedophilia / John Cloud; [Part B. Law enforcement] Reasonable doubts / Stephen Pomper; On patron / Eli Lehrer; [Part C. Violence and terrorism] Teaching kids to kill / Dave Grossman; New strategy for the new face of terrorism / L. Paul Bremer III -- Problems of population, environment, resources, and the future : [Part A. Population issues] Sixteen impacts of population growth / Lester R. Brown; Allen payoff / Paul Glastris; [Part B. Technological issues] Future of humanity / Colin Tudge; [Part C. Future] American culture goes global, or does it? / Richard Pells; Community building, steps toward a good society / Amitai Etzioni; New era of history / William Van Dusen Wishard. |
| Series Title: | Annual editions |
| Other Titles: | Annual edition :, Social problems, 2003-2004 |
| Responsibility: | editor, Kurt Finsterbusch. |
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