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Social Problems examines the underlying features of the social world in order to help you understand the problems of society. Employing a consistently sociological approach, authors D. Stanley Eitzen, Maxine Baca Zinn and Kelly Eitzen Smith explain how social problems are interrelated and highlight society's role in their creation and perpetuation. The 15th Edition has been updated to reflect contemporary issues such as the deepening ideological divide in the US and the impact of innovations in tech. New Social Changemakers features highlight organizations working towards positive social change. And a new dedicated chapter on sexual orientation offers extensive coverage of LGBTQ+ issues, including advances in equality. Revel® empowers you to actively participate in learning. More than a digital textbook, Revel delivers an engaging blend of author content, media, and assessment. With Revel, you can read and practice in one continuous experience anytime, anywhere, on any device. NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the Revel access code only. In addition to this access code, you will need a course invite link provided by your instructor to register for and use Revel.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: The Political Economy of Social Problems The Sociological Approach to Social Problems Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System Part 2: Problems of People, Location and the Environment World Population and Global Inequality Demographic Changes in the United States: The Browning and Graying of Society Problems of Place: Urban, Suburban and Rural Threats to the Environment Part 3: Problems of Inequality Poverty Racial and Ethnic Inequality Gender Inequality Sexual Orientation Disability and Ableism Part 4: Social Structure and Individual Deviance Crime and Justice Drugs Part 5: Institutional Problems The Economy and Work Families Education Health and Health Care National Security Part 6: Solutions Progressive Plan to Solve Social Problems

About the Author :
About our authors The late Stanley Eitzen (Ph.D. University of Kansas) was professor emeritus in sociology from Colorado State University, where previously he was the John N. Stern Distinguished Professor. Among his books are Social Problems (with Maxine Baca Zinn and Kelly Eitzen Smith) and Diversity in Families (with Maxine Baca Zinn and Barbara Wells), both of which received McGuffey Awards from the Text and Academic Authors Association for excellence and longevity over multiple editions. He was also the author and co-author of 4 Solutions to Social Problems volumes with Allyn & Bacon; Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis (with Doug A. Timmer and Kathryn Talley); Sociology of North American Sport (with George H. Sage); and Fair and Foul: Rethinking the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport. He served as the president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and as editor of The Social Science Journal. Maxine Baca Zinn (Ph.D. University of Oregon) is Professor Emeritus in sociology at Michigan State University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. Her main research interests are racial inequality, gender and family life. She is the author and co-author of many other books, including Diversity in Families (with D. Stanley Eitzen and Barbara Wells), Social Problems (with D. Stanley Eitzen and Kelly Eitzen Smith), Women of Color in U.S. Society, Gender Through the Prism of Difference and Globalization: The Transformation of Social Worlds. In 2000, she received the ASA Jessie Bernard Career Award. Kelly Eitzen Smith received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Arizona. She is currently the director of the Center for Applied Sociology and a lecturer at the University of Arizona. At the Center for Applied Sociology, she has conducted research in the areas of day labor, homelessness, poverty, urban housing and neighborhood development. Her sociological interests include gender, family, sexuality, stratification and social problems. She is also the co-author of Experiencing Poverty (with D. Stanley Eitzen) and Social Problems (with D. Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca Zinn).