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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles P DeSanto; Zondra G Lindblade; Margaret M Poloma |
| ISBN: | 0898270871 9780898270877 |
| OCLC Number: | 26835189 |
| Notes: | Study and discussion questions at ends of chapters. |
| Description: | ix, 478 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: -- The sociology of social problems / Charles P. De Santo -- pt. 1. Socio-economic issues: -- The city / George A. Hillery -- Economic systems / Chester L. Hunt -- Helping developing nations- socio-political paradigms of development / Vernon E. Jantzi -- Environmental abuse and responsibility / Kenneth F. Ferraro -- Unemployment / David Lyon -- pt. 2. Anomic institiutions: -- Problems in American education / Mary E. Conklin -- Religion -- Christianity, problem or solution? / Richard C. Wallace -- Physical and mental health / J. Thomas Walker -- American health care -- spending more and growing worse / Karen Carrol Mundy -- Formal organizations as a social problem / Larry C. Ingram -- Nuclear militarism / Donald B. Kraybill -- Crime and justice / Don Gray. pt. 3. The family and related issues: -- The family -- a Biblical perspective on relationships and structures / Jack O. and Judith K. Balswick -- Variant sexuality / Thelma E. Goold -- Family violence / Angeline J. O'Malley -- Gender inequality -- a source for social stratification / Zondra G. Lindblade -- Adolescence and youth / John F. Peters -- Aging as a value conflict / Michael A. Allen -- pt. 4. Inequalities and related issues: -- Racial and ethnic relations in America / Edgar R. Chasteen -- Substance abuse / John F. Van Wicklin -- Poverty / C. Emory Burton -- Poverty in Chicago -- a practitioner's view / Richard B. Lee -- Population and hunger / Bee-Lan C. Wang -- Social stratification / Bill Smit -- The future as a social problem / J. Thomas Walker. |
| Other Titles: | Christian perspectives on social problems. Christian perspectives on social problems / |
| Responsibility: | edited by Charles P. DeSanto, Zondra G. Lindblade, Margaret M. Poloma. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 99057 99778 |
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