Social Problems

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Social Problems, 3e......Page 1 Half Title ......Page 2 Recent Sociology Titles from W. W. Norton......Page 3 Title Page ......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents ......Page 6 Figures ......Page 8 Boxes ......Page 10 A Note to the Reader ......Page 14 Acknowledgments ......Page 16 1. The Social Problems Process ......Page 20 2. Claims ......Page 46 Case Study • Threats to the American Dream as a Cultural Resource ......Page 79 3. Activists as Claimsmakers ......Page 83 Case Study • Mobilizing over Income Inequality ......Page 112 4. Experts as Claimsmakers ......Page 116 Case Study • Forecasting the Future ......Page 143 5. The Media and Claims ......Page 147 Case Study • Democratizing the Means of Media Production and Reproduction ......Page 178 6. Public Reaction ......Page 182 Case Study • Public Reactions to Epidemics ......Page 212 7. Policymaking ......Page 216 Case Study • Legalizing Marijuana and Same-Sex Marriage ......Page 244 8. Social Problems Work ......Page 248 Case Study • Responding to Police Violence ......Page 277 9. Policy Outcomes ......Page 281 Case Study • Modifying Student Loans ......Page 309 10. Claims across Space and Time ......Page 313 Case Study • Is Social Problems Theory Ethnocentric? ......Page 342 11. The Uses of the Constructionist Stance ......Page 346 Glossary ......Page 358 References ......Page 366 Index ......Page 380