Solutions to Social Problems: Lessons from Other Societies - Softcover

Eitzen, D. Stanley; Leedham, Craig S.

 
9780205379040: Solutions to Social Problems: Lessons from Other Societies

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Solutions to Social Problems is the only reader on the market to look at how other countries solve their social problems in order to help the U.S. solve its own.

This reader offers an emphasis on solving social problems, a topic that is lacking in most Social Problems textbooks.

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Solutions to Social Problems is the only reader on the market to look at how other countries solve their social problems in order to help the U.S. solve its own. These 35 interesting, and insightful articles are organized around 13 problem areas, such as poverty and health care. Each section is introduced with a US comparison, to give the reader proper context.

The third edition features a new section on sexual orientation. Twenty-three additional new selections address topics that include: early retirement, work-life policies and programs in Europe, best practices for reducing crime, taxes on wealth, U.S. vs. Australian fisheries, wind power.

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Social Problems, Resaerch Edition by D. Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca Zinn
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ISBN 10:  0205321070 ISBN 13:  9780205321070
Publisher: Pearson, 2000
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