This is a revision of Heiner's brief introduction to social problems, a basic sophomore level course taught in virtually all sociological curricula. This book frames the discussion of social problems by looking at the four main issues that make up the "canon" - inequality, family problems, crime and deviance, and overpopulation and the environment - from a critical constructionist perspective. The revision will focus on updating examples in relation to current events and adding photographs, while still remaining brief to maintain its niche in the social problems market.
- ISBN10 0195177002
- ISBN13 9780195177008
- Publish Date 29 July 2005 (first published 16 August 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 October 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English