Focus on Social Problems: A Contemporary Reader, Third Edition, exposes students to current issues in the field. The selections in this reader help students understand how social problems are defined and constructed, increase their empirical knowledge about the causes and consequences of social problems, and develop empathy. Working from a critical social constructionist foundation, the readings address a wide variety of social problems. Editors MindyStombler and Amanda M. Jungels include a combination of research-based articles and popular media pieces. Each chapter opens with an interview of a social-change activist doing work related to the chapter's featuredsocial problem, giving students an opportunity to envision themselves as agents of social change.

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Title: Focus on Social Problems, Third Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, US
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0197753132
ISBN 13: 9780197753132
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 3rd ed.
Condition: New
Weight: 1 gram

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Focus on Social Problems: A Contemporary Reader, Third Edition, exposes students to current issues in the field. The selections in this reader help students understand how social problems are defined and constructed, increase their empirical knowledge about the causes and consequences of social problems, and develop empathy. Working from a critical social constructionist foundation, the readings address a wide variety of social problems. Editors Mindy Stombler and Amanda M. Jungels include a combination of research-based articles and popular media pieces. Each chapter opens with an interview of a social-change activist doing work related to the chapter's featured social problem, giving students an opportunity to envision themselves as agents of social change.

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Mindy Stombler, Ph.D., is a principal senior lecturer of sociology at Georgia State University.

Amanda M. Jungels, Ph.D., is Director of Pedagogy in the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Chicago.

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