Introduction to Social Problems - Margaret May

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Auteur(s) : Margaret May

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 04/12/2000

Format : Petit, de 0 à 350g

ISBN : 9780631220305

Résumé :
This up-to-date and accessible text fills an important gap in the market by introducing students to social policy perspectives on social problems.

• Written in an accessible, student-friendly style, using subheadings, boxed material, tables, and up-to-date examples
• Each chapter includes a brief outline of the issues to be explored and question sections to help learning, develop evaluative skills and encourage project work
• Includes an annotated guide to further reading, helpful internet addresses, and a bibliography of sources cited
• Chapters can be used independently or in conjunction with others addressing related questions

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Biographie:
Writing has been Tam May's voice since the age of fourteen. She writes stories about powerful women set in the past. Her fiction gives readers a sense of justice for women, both the living and the dead. Tam's stories are set mostly around the Bay Area because she adores sourdough bread, Ghirardelli chocolate, and San Francisco history.Tam is the author of the Adele Gossling Mysteries which take place in the early 20th century and features sassy suffragist and epistolary expert Adele Gossling whose talent for solving crimes doesn't sit well with the ideas of some people around her about women's place. Tam has also written historical fiction about women breaking loose from the confinements of their era.Although Tam left her heart in San Francisco, she lives in the Midwest because it's cheaper. When she's not writing, she's devouring everything classic (books, films, art, music) and concocting yummy vegan dishes.For more information about Tam May and her books, check out her website at www.tammayauthor.com....

Sommaire:
List of Figures.

List of Tables.

About the Contributors.

Guide to the Book.

Social Problems in Social Policy: An Introduction (Margaret May, Robert Page and Edward Brunsdon).

PART ONE. STUDYING SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

1. Social Problems: Sociological Perspectives (John Clarke).

2. The Exploration of Social Problems in the Field of Social Policy (Robert Page).

PART TWO. SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

The Family.

3. Family Change and Lone Parents as a Social Problem (Jane Lewis).

4. Caring and Dependency: Age and Disability (John Baldock).

5. Domestic Violence (Lorraine Radford).

Poverty and Social Exclusion.

6. The Changing Face of Poverty (David Donnison).

7. Child Poverty and the Policy Response (Karen Rowlingson).

8. Homelessness (Mark Liddiard).

9. Income and Wealth (Paul Spicker).

Health.

10. Health Inequalities (Helen Jones).

11. Mental Disorder (Pauline Prior).

12. Problematic Identities and Health (David Kelleher).

Community Problems.

13. The Problematic Community (Susanne MacGregor).

14. Safe and Sound? Crime, Disorder and Community Safety Policies (Dee Cook).

15. Drugs and Drug Misuse (Arthur Gould).

PART THREE. REPORTING SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

16. Press-Ganged! Media Reporting of Social Work and Child Abuse (Bob Franklin and Nigel Parton).

17. Defrauding the Community? The Abuse of Welfare (Hartley Dean).

18. Ways of Seeing: The News Media and Racist Violence (Eugene MLaughlin and Karim Murji).

PART FOUR. CONSUMER PROTECTION IN SOCIAL POLICY.

19. Protecting the 'Vulnerable': Welfare and Consumer Protection (Margaret May).

20. Food and the Environment (Meg Huby).

Index.