Social Problems: A Service Learning Approach - Softcover

Baker, Christopher W.; Dolgon, Corey W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761929479 ISBN 13: 9780761929475

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2010

Synopsis

In Social Problems: A Service Learning Approach, authors Corey Dolgon and Chris Baker integrate an innovative case study approach into a comprehensive introduction that helps students understand how they can address social problems in their communities by applying basic theories and concepts.

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About the Author

Corey Dolgon, is a bright young scholar who is currently a Professor of Sociology and Director of Community-based Learning at Stonehill College, in Massachusetts. In addition, he is a Visiting Faculty at the Community Works Service-Learning Institute, in Los Angeles. His background includes a B.S. from Boston University, an M.A. from Baylor University and a Ph.D. from University of Michigan. He specializes in Urban Studies, Social Movements, Cultural and Marxist Studies, Community-based Research, and Applied Sociology. A highly-regarded teacher who regularly gets an "A" ratings from students, he is also widely published in magazines and scholarly journals. He has one book published with the NYU Press, The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America′s Paradise, which has won two Book of the Year awards - one from the Association for Humanist Sociology and the other from the American Sociological Association’s Marxist Section

Review

“This book empowers the powerless and gives sociologists and their students a new vantage point for understanding.”
Author: Judith Blau Published On: 2010-05-13

“Rich in examples of real service learning projects, this fresh look at social problems provides a unique text--both theoretical and practical―resulting in an exquisite book for service-learning courses of all kinds.”
Author: Dwight E. Giles Jr. Published On: 2010-05-13

“If you want to go beyond what′s wrong to what you can do about it, get this book.”
Author: Randy Stoecker Published On: 2010-05-13

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0761929479
• ISBN 13: 9780761929475
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472