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Tables of Contents for America's Problems
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Contents
vii
8
Preface
xv
Chapter 1 Introduction: Thinking About Social Problems
1
18
PART ONE Systems and Structures
19
160
Chapter 2 Economy and Society: Business, Government, and Labor
20
28
Chapter 3 The End of Affluence? Social Aspects of Economic Change
48
35
Chapter 4 Social Inequality I: Wealth and Poverty
83
35
Chapter 5 Social Inequality II: Race
118
31
Chapter 6 Social Inequality III: Gender
149
30
PART TWO Impacts and Institutions
179
224
Chapter 7 The Family
180
36
Chapter 8 Work
216
32
Chapter 9 Health
248
31
Chapter 10 Energy and the Environment
279
34
Chapter 11 Crime and Justice
313
36
Chapter 12 The Schools
349
28
Chapter 13 Strategies for Social Policy
377
26
Bibliography
403
32
Photo Credits
435
2
Name Index
437
8
Subject Index
445