Table of Contents
IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part One: Introduction
Section 1: The Comparative Approach to Social Problems
Part Two: Problems of Inequality
Section 2: Poverty
Section 3: Income and Wealth Inequality
Section 4: Gender
Section 5: Sexual OrientatioN
Section 6: Age
Part Three: Institutional Problems
Section 7: Families
Section 8: Schools
Section 9: Work
Section 10: Health Care and Delivery
Part Four: Problems of People, Resources, and Place
Section 11: Cities
Section 12: Environment
Part Five: Individual Deviance
Section 13: Crime and Crime Control
Section 14: Drugs
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Preface
Part One: Introduction
Section 1: The Comparative Approach to Social Problems
1. U. S. Social Problems in Comparative Perspective, D. Stanley Eitzen (revised)
2. The European Social Model, T. R. Reid
3. The Swedish Welfare State, D. Stanley Eitzen (revised)
4. How Canada Stole the American Dream, Duncan Hood (new)
Part Two: Problems of Inequality
Section 2: Poverty
5. Poverty, Work, and Policy: The United States in Comparative Perspective, Gary
Burtless and Timothy M. Smeeding (new)
6. How Other Countries Fight the War on Poverty, Sid Ryan (new)
Section 3: Income and Wealth Inequality
7. Income and Wealth Inequality, Americans for Democratic Action (new)
8. Inequality Here and There, Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martin Sanchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swidler, and Kim Voss
Section 4: Gender
9. Europe Crawls Ahead, Megan Rowling
10. Gender Equality in Sweden, Swedish Institute (new)
Section 5: Sexual Orientation
11. Social Shift Opens Door to Gay Marriage Plan (Canada), Clifford Krauss
12. Gay Rights and European Citizenship, Joydeep Sengupta
Section 6: Age
13 As Good As It Gets: What Country Takes the Best Care of its Older Citizens? Mike Edwards
14. We Should Rejoice in an Ageing Society, So Long as We Plan Properly for It, Hamish McRae
15. We’re Not Finnished With You Yet, Gail Edmondson (new)
Part Three: Institutional Problems
Section 7: Families
16. Atlantic Passages: How Europe Supports Working Parents and Their Children, Janet C. Gornick (new)
17. The Father Generation, Rainer Stumpf (new)
18. Teen Pregnancy: Trends and Lessons Learned, Heather Boonstra (new)
Section 8: Schools
19. Early Childhood Education and Care in Advanced Industrialized Countries, Sheila B. Kamerman (new)
20. Learning from South Korean Schools, David J. Lynch (new)
21. A World Transformed: How Other Countries Are Preparing Students for the Interconnected World of the 21st Century, Vivien Steward (new)
Section 9: Work
22. The Vanishing American Vacation, Don Monkerud (new)
23. A New WPA? Ryan A. Dodd (new)
Section 10: Health Care and Delivery
24. International Health Systems, Physicians for a National Health Program
25. Has Canada Got the Cure? Holly Dressel (new)
Part Four: Problems of People, Resources, and Place
Section 11: Cities
26. New Lessons from the Old World, Jay Walljasper
27. I Love Paris on a Bus, a Bike, a Train and in Anything but a Car, Serge Schmemann (new).
Section 12: Environment
28. Flush with Energy, Thomas L. Friedman (new)
29. Scandinavia Gets Serious on Global Warming, Bruce E. Johansen (new)
30. The $6.66-a Gallon-Solution, Simon Romero
Part Five: Individual Deviance
Section 13: Crime and Crime Control
31. Lawless, But Gunless, Ken MacQueen (new)
32. Reducing Crime by Harnessing International Best Practices, Irvin Waller and Brandon C. Welsh
Section 14: Drugs
33. Does Europe Do It Better: Lessons from Holland, Britain and Switzerland, Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter
34. Europe: Curing, Not Punishing, Addicts, Rick Steeves (new)