Kendall, Diana.

Social problems in a diverse society / Diana Kendall. - 5th ed. - Boston : Pearson, 2013. - 444 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Studying social problems in the twenty-first century -- Wealth and poverty : U.S. and global economic inequalities -- Racial and ethnic inequality -- Gender inequality -- Inequality based on age -- Inequality based on sexual orientation -- Prostitution, pornography, and the sex industry -- Alcohol and other drugs -- Crime and criminal justice -- Health care : problems of physical and mental illness -- The changing family -- Problems in education -- Problems in politics and the global economy -- Problems in politics and the global economy -- Problems in the media -- Population, global inequality, and the environmental crisis -- Global social problems : war and terrorism -- Can social problems be solved?.

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Social problems.

Social problems and social policy. Social problems and Statistics.

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