With both contemporary and historical analyses, the book traces the legacy, characteristics, contours, and goals of the sociology of service, shedding light on its roots in early American sociology and its deep connections to activism, before examining the social context that underlies the call for volunteerism, community involvement and non-profit organisations, as well as the strategies that have promise in remedying contemporary social problems.
The sociology of social problems -- The sociology of social movements -- The sociology of power: economics, wealth, and politics -- Poverty -- Race, ethnicity, and immigration -- Gender and sexual orientation -- The family -- Education and media -- Health care and well-being -- Crime and criminal justice -- Globalization, technology, and global inequalities -- Population, urbanization, and aging -- The environment -- Drug abuse and human trafficking -- War, rebellion, and terrorism.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Part I: Debates Within Social Constructionism -- Revising the Constructionist Project -- 1. Reconsidering Social Constructionism -- 2. Vernacular Constituents of Moral Discourse: An Interactionist Proposal for the Study of Social Problems -- 3. The 1960s State as Social Problem: An Analysis of Radical Right and New Left Claims-Making Rhetorics -- Constructionist Responses -- 4. For a Cautious Naturalism -- 5. "Members Only": Reading the Constructionist Text -- 6. Revised Social Constructionism: Traditional Social Science More Than a Postmodernist Analysis -- 7. But Seriously Folks: The Limitations of the Strict Constructionist Interpretation of Social Problems -- Ethnomethodological Concerns -- 8. Social Constructionism and Social Problems Work -- 9. Social Problems and the Organization of Talk and Interaction -- 10. The Reflexivity of Constructionism and the Construction of Reflexivity -- 11. Do We Need a General Theory of Social Problems? -- Conclusion -- 12. Reconstituting the Constructionist Program -- Part II: New Challenges to Social Constructionism -- 13. New Challenges to Social Constructionism: Alternative Perspectives on Social Problems Theory -- Critical Challenges -- 14. The Problem with Social Problems: From Social Constructionism to Critical Theory -- 15. Twenty-Two Theses on Social Constructionism: A Feminist Response to Ibarra and Kitsuse's" Proposal for the Study of Social Problems" -- 16. "Literacy" and Business: "Social Problems" as Social Organization -- Poststructuralist Challenges -- 17. Claims-Making from the Underside: Marginalization and Social Problems Analysis -- 18. (De)Construction, Postmodernism, and Social Problems: Facts, Fictions, and Fantasies at the "End of History
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