Social Problems

A Canadian Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-541649-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten

This text covers all of the critical social problem areas across Canada, looking into the causes of these problems: poverty, inequality, prejudice, lack of information, drugs, abuse, crime, violence, immigration, race, gender issues, employment, urban problems, environment and technology.

This text covers all of the critical social problem areas across Canada, looking into the causes of these problems: poverty, inequality, isolation, prejudice, lack of information, drugs, alcohol, abuse, crime, violence, immigration, race, gender issues, employment, unemployment, urban problems, environment and technology.

INTRODUCTION: WHAT ARESOCIAL PROBLEMSR?; 1. POVERTY AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY; 2. DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ABUSE; 3. CRIME AND VIOLENCE; 4. RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS; 5. SEXISM AND GENDER INEQUALITY; 6. WORK AND UNEMPLOYMENT; 7. FAMILY; 8. AGING AND AGEISM; 9. URBAN PROBLEMS AND HOMELESSNESS; 10.ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY; 11.WAR AND TERRORISM; 12.SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tepperman, Lorne

Über Autor(innen)

(Lecturer in Sociology, University of Waterloo, Canada)