Social problems in a free society : myths, absurdities, and realities / Myles J. Kelleher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelleher, Myles J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social problems.

Social problems--Political aspects.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

viii, 332 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Dallas : University Press of America, [2004]

Summary:

Social Problems in a Free Society offers an original perspective on social problems such as violations of the principles of individual rights and the free market. This book is a vision for reinvigorating the discipline in a fashion undreamt of within the wearisome strains of today's radical social problems theory.

Contents:

Part 1 The Problem of the Sociology of Social Problems

1 Invitation to Sociological Heresy 3

2 Political Ideology in the Sociology of Social Problems 7

Part 2 An Individual Rights Perspective

3 Social Problems as Rights Violations 23

4 Leviathan 35

Part 3 Wealth and Poverty

5 The Economic Problem 51

6 The Distribution of Wealth I: The Outcomes of the Game 65

7 The Distribution of Wealth II: When the Game Is Rigged 75

8 Poverty in America 87

Part 4 Violations of Personal and Property Rights

9 The Persistent Problem of Crime 105

10 Family Violence 119

Part 5 Property Rights in the Earth

11 Population Growth 137

12 Are We Running Out of Resources? 153

13 Environmental Concerns 167

Part 6 The Prohibition Quagmire

14 The American Gun Culture 185

15 The War on Drugs 201

16 The Nanny State 215

Part 7 Equality of Opportunity

17 Race and Racism 233

18 The Gender Question: Women, Men, and Equality 249

Part 8 When Individual Rights Clash

19 The Abortion Dilemma 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-320) and index.

ISBN:

0761829245

OCLC:

56713119