Social problems / Joel Best.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Best, Joel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social problems.

Physical Description:

xvi, 381 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]

Summary:

Updated with more than 50 new boxed examples, Social Problems elucidates the complex, competitive process through which social problems emerge, paying particular attention to how resources and rhetoric affect each stage of the process. Taking readers through the natural history of a social problem. Joel Best shows how activists, experts, and their opponents engage in claimsmaking, and how the media then report on these claims, prompting public reaction and driving policy. Colorful examples and real-world case studies help connect theory to everyday life. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Social Problems Process 3

2 Claims 29

Case Study Threats to the American Dream as a Cultural Resource 62

3 Activist as Claimsmakers 66

Case Study Mobilizing Over Income Inequality 95

4 Experts as Claims makers 99

Case Study Forecasting the Future 126

5 The Media and Claims 130

Case Study Democratizing the Means of Media Production And Reproduction 161

6 Public Reaction 165

Case Study Public Reactions to Epidemics 195

7 Policymaking 199

Case Study Legalizing Marijuana and Same-Sex Marriage 227

8 Social Problems Work 231

Case Study Responding to Police Violence 260

9 Policy Outcomes 264

Case Study Modifying Student Loans 292

10 Claims across Space and Time 296

Case Study Is Social Problems Theory Ethnocentric? 325

11 The Use of the Constructionist Stance 329.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780393283419

0393283410

OCLC:

950901464