Social problems in a diverse society. /
Diana Kendall
- Boston: Pearson, 2004.
- xxv, 465 p.: 24cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Taking a new look at social problems -- Wealth and poverty:U.S. and global economic inequalities -- Racial and ethnic inequality -- Gender inequality -- Inequality based on age -- Inequality based on sexual orientation -- Prostitution,pornography,and the sex industry -- Alcohol and other drugs -- Crime and criminal justice -- Health care: problems of physical and mental illness -- The Changing family -- Problems in politics and the global economy --Problems in the media -- Populaion and the environmental crisis -- Urban problems -- Global social problems: war and terrorism -- Can social problems be solved? -- Glossary.