| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The Study of Social Problems -- 2. Abortion -- 3. Gender Inequality -- 4. Racial and Ethnic Inequality -- 5. Poverty -- 6. Drugs -- 7. Homicide -- 8. An Aging Population -- 9. Health -- 10. Reflections on the Study of Social Problems. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Angles of Vision is a compact text that provides students with basic information about social problems and teaches them a strategy for understanding these issues. Students learn how to distinguish between individual and structural analyses and the importance of placing issues in a historical and international context to gain a clearer understanding. In so doing, students come to appreciate that sociology is a hypothesis-testing discipline. The author uses metaphors, vignettes, and humor to convey the fundamental concepts, key findings, and methods by which sociologists understand s. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
| Subject |
Social problems.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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Social problems. (OCoLC)fst01122778
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beeghley, Leonard. Angles of vision. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999 0813329485 9780813329482 (DLC) 98013958 (OCoLC)38602666 |
| ISBN |
9780786743193 (electronic book) |
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0786743190 (electronic book) |
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0813329485 (hardcover) |
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9780813329482 (hardcover) |
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0813329493 (paperback) |
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9780813329499 (paperback) |
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