Social Problems: A Critical Approach

by Kenneth J. Neubeck, Davita Silfen Glasberg, Mary Alice Neubeck

Book Overview

A critical approach to the analysis of social problems facing the world today that examines both the causes of those problems and their human implications. Twelve chapters look at large societal issues such as Environmental Abuse and Economic Inequality and Poverty. The final five chapters focus on problems of an individual nature such as family-related problems and criminal behavior. The Fourth Edition has been substantively revised to include current...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0075577410
• ISBN13: 9780075577416
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 502 Pages

Customer Reviews

Great Ideas Presented

Social Problems, A Critical Approach presents the reader with a variety of new ideas on social problems today ranging from famine to the military-industrial complex. Time is taken to examine each problem from its origin in history to the present day problem. I found this text organized in a manner easy to follow and understand.