Malcolm Spector, John I Kitsuse

Constructing Social Problems

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781138521124
• ISBN-10: 1138521124
• Artikelnr.: 69948206

Autorenporträt

Malcolm Spector, John I. Kitsuse

Inhaltsangabe

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
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