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Sociology 80, Section 1: Social Problems (Fall 2011)
Time: Mondays and Wednesdays 10:30-11:45am
Location: Morris Dailey
Description
Sociological analysis of selected contemporary social problems such as housing and homelessness, economy and employment, environment and consumerism, family and divorce, crime and drugs, politics and media, race and gender, wealth and poverty, war and peace.
Online Resources
Readings
Documents
- Mills, "The Promise" [PDF]
- Hyrtek and Zentgraf, "America Transformed" [PDF]
- Abramovitz, "Welfare Reform in the United States" [PDF]
- Fergusen, "Bad Boys" [PDF]
- Merskin, "Reviving Lolita?" [PDF]
- Boero, "Fat Kids, Working Moms, and the 'Epidemic of Obesity'" [DOCM]
- Bodenheimer & Grumbach, "Paying for Health Care" [PDF]
- Burgard, "What is HAES?" [PDF]
- Crow Dog and Erdos, "Civilize them with a Stick" [PDF]
- Kozol, "Still Seperate, Still Unequal" [PDF]
- Sternheimer "Its Not the Media" [PDF]