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Solution’s Manual For Social Problems The Sociology Project First Edition Jeff Manza Patrick Sharkey Richard Arum Vivek Chibber Troy Duster Paula England Thomas Ertman Kathleen Gerson Jeff Goodwin Lynne Haney Ruth Horowitz Guillermina Jasso Jennifer L. Jennings Colin Jerolmack Steven Lukes Ann Morning Caroline H. Persell Florencia Torche Lawrence L. Wu Prepared by Angel Adams Parham 1 / 4

Manza, Social Problems 1e iii Copyright © 2019 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.Contents Introduction to the Instructor’s Resource Manual iv Chapter 1 – The Sociology of Social Problems 1 Chapter 2 – Theories of Social Problems 9 Chapter 3 – Poverty and Inequality 25 Chapter 4 – Racial and Ethnic Disparities 36 Chapter 5 – Gender and Sexualities 44 Chatper 6 – Changing Families 52 Chapter 7 – Work and Careers in a Changing Labor Market 62 Chapter 8 – Aging and Society 71 Chapter 9 – Housing and Segregation 80 Chapter 10 – Crime and Punishment 88 Chapter 11 – Schools and the Educational System 97 Chapter 12 – Health and Medicine 107 Chapter 13 – Drug and Alcohol Abuse 118 Chapter 14 – Environmental Challenges 131 Chapter 15 – American Democracy in Crisis 145 Chapter 16 – Global Terrorism and Militarism 159 Chapter 17 – Globalization and Immigration 175 2 / 4

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Chapter 1 The Sociology of Social Problems Contents The Big Questions Learning Objectives Chapter Outline Class/Lecture Material Revel Videos

The Big Questions

• What is “social” about social problems?
• How does using a sociological imagination help us understand social problems?
• How do some societal conditions become social problems?
• How does the sociological study of social problems help us find solutions?

Learning Objectives

1.1.1 Discuss the social nature of individual lives.

1.1.2 Describe the various social contexts that can influence an individual’s life.

1.1.3 Explain the relationship between social contexts and social problems.

1.1.4 Discuss the importance of organizations and institutions in the overall structure of a society and

their contributions to social problems.

1.1.5 Analyze the ways in which economic and historical contexts shape our lives and can contribute to

social problems.

1.2.1 Discuss how a sociological imagination helps to challenge stereotypes and inspire critical thinking.

1.2.2 Identify the four categories of questions sociologists address through research on social problems.

1.2.3 Distinguish between agreed-upon facts from the interpretation of the meaning of those facts.

1.3.1 Explain the objectivist approach to social problems and identify its weaknesses.

1.3.2 Describe the five stages of constructing a social problem.

1.4.1 Analyze why concrete solutions to social problems can be difficult to develop.

1.4.2 Discuss how governments seek to solve social problems.

Chapter Outline

• What Is “Social” About Social Problems?
• sociological imagination
• societal condition
• individual troubles 3 / 4

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• 3 aspects of a social problem
• widely shared condition
• negatively impacts large numbers of people
• recognized by key actors as a widely shared negative issue
• The Social Lives of Individuals

1.1.1 Discuss the social nature of individual lives.

• social networks
• sociology

2. Social Contexts: From Individuals to Societies

1.1.2 Describe the various social contexts that can influence an individual’s life.

• social context

b. examples of key social contexts that shape lives:

• family
• neighborhood
• schools
• organizations (eg. clubs, churches)
• country of citizenship and/or residence
• period of history
• Social Contexts and Social Problems

1.1.3 Explain the relationship between social contexts and social problems.

• An example of how social problems grow out of larger contexts: the changing family
• a family’s contexts and resources shape how much they can or cannot help members

later in life

• increases in divorce rate and large numbers of out-of-wedlock births mean fewer

resources and more strain on parents to provide for children

• increased discussion over how families may perpetuate or disrupt gender inequality
• Organizations and Institutions

1.1.4 Discuss the importance of organizations and institutions in the overall structure of a

society and their contributions to social problems.

• institutions (e.g., law, marriage, education)
• should help to reduce social problems but may make them worse
• norms
• shape expectations for social behavior, more ambiguous than rules
• organizations
• where institutional processes and rules are implemented in everyday life; for example,

“education” is an institution and “schools” are the organizations where education takes place

• Economic and Historical Contexts of Social Problems

1.1.5 Analyze the ways in which economic and historical contexts shape our lives and can

contribute to social problems.

• factors that shape an individual’s well-being and life chances
• country of origin and/or residence
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