Social Problems
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ISBN: 0393928772 / Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, June 2007
In his new textbook, Joel Best gives readers a complete set of tools for analyzing any social problem.
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Best diverges from the convention of devoting a chapter each to a particular social problem, and instead uses chapters to discuss the different stages in process by which particular problems become a focus of concern. He seeks to explain how and why attention to different issues rises and falls over the years. This being an introductory textbook, he does not aspire for comprehension, and avoids most of the jargon that people who go into the field will eventually come to love. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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