Understanding contemporary social problems through media /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldberg, Roberta
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Arapahoe Avenue,USA: Paradigm Publishers, 2014(c).
Subjects:
Social problems > 21st century.
Social action > 21st century.
Applied sociology.
Technology > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • A sociological look at social crises
  • What makes us unequal?
  • Crisis in our environment: fossil fuels and climate change
  • Crisis in a fragile world : child soldiers, human trafficking and genocide
  • The crisis in health and healthcare : obesity, HIV/AIDS and health care reform
  • Terrorism and its aftermath
  • Technology in an age of crisis : privacy and identity
  • Epilogue : addressing crises through agency and action.

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