Seeing Social Problems

The Hidden Stories Behind Contemporary Issues

By: Ira Silver

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Hardcover | 15 October 2024 | Edition Number 2

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Within the last four years, the death of George Floyd brought a new level of urgency to understanding police violence; the world experienced two of the three hottest years on record; drug overdose deaths in the U.S. surpassed 100,000 per year for the first time; the foreign-born percentage of the population became the highest ever; and COVID-19 transformed education, work, and public health.

Seeing Social Problems: The Hidden Stories Behind Contemporary Issues, Second Edition shows students how to think about social problems in a new way, by exploring the connection between their own experiences and larger social forces. The personal relevance of this book's content is at the forefront of every discussion. Chapters engage students in thinking about the world sociologically by focusing on case studies that represent broader social problems. In each chapter, learning objectives attune students to important concepts. Two sets of discussion questions— "First Impressions" and "What Do You Know Now?" — encourage students to recognize how the chapter has broadened their perspectives. An exploration of social policy at the end of each chapter shows students that how someone understands an issue influences the ways they go about addressing it.

New to the Second Edition:
- New chapter, "LGBTQ+ People and Their Critics," explores different ways of understanding growing diversity in American society based on gender identity and sexual orientation
- New chapter, "Education and Upward Mobility," encourages readers to think more expansively about their schooling experiences, starting when they were very young and continuing through college
- New chapter, "Immigration and Border Security," exposes competing ways of seeing the rising influx of migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico
- New chapter, "Health and the Environment," draws on discussion about familiar topics including Covid-19, obesity, and climate change
- New chapter, "Technology and Instant Pleasure" motivates students to recognize the wider societal impacts of their frequent usage of mobile devices to make life more convenient

Industry Reviews

"Seeing Social Problems, second edition presents qualitative and quantitative evidence to show that hot-button issues such as the environment, drugs, and immigration are more complicated than often thought. It also shows that policy responses to social problems are vastly different when you view them through a sociological rather than individual perspective."

--Elizabeth Clifford, Towson University

"Ira Silver has produced a timely and highly effective resource for developing the skills needed to grasp the importance of differing viewpoints and for demonstrating how they shape the ways we address social problems. The clear writing, impactful learning objectives, and relatable content set this text apart from all others."

--David N. Pellow, UC Santa Barbara

"Ira Silver's Seeing Social Problems is defined by distinctive, memorable chapter topics that address social problems which students are actively interested in. Those chapters are written in an eminently approachable manner that encourages students new to sociology to be inquisitive, reflecting on both what they knew and what they learn."

--Mike Ohsfeldt, Tarleton State University

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