<p style="margin:0px;">Learning about social problems can be a highly rewarding experience. Although we live in challenging times, a course on social problems provides an excellent avenue for developing critical thinking skills and for learning how to use sociological concepts and perspectives to analyze specific social concerns ranging from war and terrorism, media concentration, drug addiction, and violence to the inequalities of racism, sexism, classism, ageism, homophobia, and ableism.</p><p style="margin:0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px;">The fourth Canadian edition of <b><i>Social Problems in a Diverse Society&nbsp;</i></b>focuses on the significance of racialization and ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, class, ability,and gender in understanding social problems in Canada and around the globe. Throughout the text, people - especially those from marginalized groups&ndash;are shown not merely as &ldquo;victims&rdquo; of social problems, but also as individual actors with agency who resist discrimination and inequality and seek to bring about change in families, schools, workplaces, and the larger society.</p>   

<div><ol><li>Taking a New Look at Social Problems</li><li>Poverty in the Canadian Context</li><li>Racism and Ethnic Inequality</li><li>Gender Inequality</li><li>Inequality Based on Age</li><li>Inequality Based in Sexual Orientation</li><li>The Sex Industry in Canada and Beyond</li><li>Addictions</li><li>Crime and Criminal Justice</li><li>Health, Illness, and Health Care as Social Programs</li><li>The Changing Family</li><li>Problems in Education</li><li>Problems in the Globalized Economy and Politics</li><li>Problems Related to Media</li><li>Population, Urbanization, and the Environmental Crisis</li><li>Global Social Problems</li></ol></div>

<div usercontent"=""> <p style="margin:0px;">Learning about social problems can be a highly rewarding experience. Although we live in challenging times, a course on social problems provides an excellent avenue for developing critical thinking skills and for learning how to use sociological concepts and perspectives to analyze specific social concerns ranging from war and terrorism, media concentration, drug addiction, and violence to the inequalities of racism, sexism, classism, ageism, homophobia, and ableism.</p><p style="margin:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0px;">The fourth Canadian edition of&nbsp;<b><i>Social Problems in a Diverse Society&nbsp;</i></b>focuses on the significance of racialization and ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, class, ability,and gender in understanding social problems in Canada and around the globe. Throughout the text, people - especially those from marginalized groups&mdash;are shown not merely as &ldquo;victims&rdquo; of social problems, but also as individual actors with agency who resist discrimination and inequality and seek to bring about change in families, schools, workplaces, and the larger society.</p>   </div>   

<h3>For courses in Social Problems</h3><p>Examine social problems through the lenses of race, class, gender, and inequality.</p><p>Social Problems in a Diverse Society focuses on the significance of social inequality, race, class, and gender as key factors in understanding problems in Canada and worldwide. Author Diana Kendall makes the study of social problems interesting and relevant to today&rsquo;s students through authentic first-person accounts, up-to-date topics, and contemporary examples.&nbsp;</p><p>The Canadian edition focuses on the significance of racialization and ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, class, ability, and gender in understanding social problems in Canada and around the globe. Throughout the text, people - especially those from marginalized groups&ndash;are shown not merely as &ldquo;victims&rdquo; of social problems, but also as individual actors with agency who resist discrimination and inequality and seek to bring about change in families, schools, workplaces, and the larger society.</p>

<p>Social Problems in a Diverse Society focuses on the significance of social inequality, race, class, and gender as key factors in understanding problems in Canada and worldwide. Author Diana Kendall makes the study of social problems interesting and relevant to today's students through authentic first-person accounts, up-to-date topics, and contemporary examples.&nbsp;</p><p>The Canadian edition focuses on the significance of racialization and ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, class, ability, and gender in understanding social problems in Canada and around the globe. Throughout the text, people - especially those from marginalized groups–are shown not merely as “victims” of social problems, but also as individual actors with agency who resist discrimination and inequality and seek to bring about change in families, schools, workplaces, and the larger society.</p>

Diana Kendall

Edward G. Thompson

Vicki L. Nygaard

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