Focus on Social Problems, Third Edition: A Contemporary Reader - Softcover

Stombler, Mindy; Jungels, Amanda M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0197753132 ISBN 13: 9780197753132

Publisher: OUP USA, 2025

Synopsis

Focus on Social Problems: A Contemporary Reader, Third Edition, exposes students to current issues in the field. The selections in this reader help students understand how social problems are defined and constructed, increase their empirical knowledge about the causes and consequences of social problems, and develop empathy. Working from a critical social constructionist foundation, the readings address a wide variety of social problems. Editors Mindy Stombler and Amanda M. Jungels include a combination of research-based articles and popular media pieces. Each chapter opens with an interview of a social-change activist doing work related to the chapter's featured social problem, giving students an opportunity to envision themselves as agents of social change.

About this title

About the Author

Mindy Stombler, Ph.D., is a principal senior lecturer of sociology at Georgia State University.

Amanda M. Jungels, Ph.D., is Director of Pedagogy in the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Chicago.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197753132
• ISBN 13: 9780197753132
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 640