Social Problems: Sociology in Action

by Maxine P. Atkinson (Editor), Kathleen Odell Korgen (Editor)

Overview

The Second Edition of Sociology in Action: Social Problems offers readers an active learning experience that encourages discussion, collaboration, self-directed investigation, observation, analysis, and reflection. Maxine P. Atkinson and Kathleen Odell Korgen provide concrete ways to make use of sociological training in the “real” world by considering sociological solutions to a range of social problems and issues facing society today.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781071851227
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/29/2022
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	8.38(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

Maxine P. Atkinson is Professor Emerita of Sociology at North Carolina State University, a research extensive university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her area of specialty is the scholarship of teaching and learning and her published work has appeared in such journals as Teaching Sociology, The International Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, and TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. She is also one of the authors of the recent American Sociological Association’s work defining best practices in the undergraduate sociology major, “The Sociology Major in the Changing Landscape of Higher Education: Curriculum, Careers, and Online Learning” in addition to In the Trenches: Teaching and Learning Sociology, co-authored with Kathleen Lowney. She focuses on teaching introductory sociology courses and “Teaching Sociology,” a Ph D course required for graduate students at NC State.

Maxine has won an impressive array of teaching awards including the American Sociological Society’s Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award, ASA’s Section on Teaching and Learning Hans O. Mauksch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Sociology and the Carla B. Howery Award for Developing Teacher-Scholars, the Southern Sociological Society’s Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award. Maxine was the first woman from NC State University to win the University of North Carolina’s Governor’s award for Excellence in Teaching.

Maxine has served in several administrative positions including being Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at NC State, director of NC States’ first year seminar program, and the Founding Director of the Service Learning Program at NC State. She has also served as Chair of ASA’s Section on Teaching and Learning, and President of the Southern Sociological Society along with a plethora of task forces dedicated to undergraduate sociology. Maxine works as a consultant for other sociology departments as a member of the American Sociological Association’s Departmental Resources Group.

Kathleen Odell Korgen is Professor of Sociology at William Paterson University, a comprehensive university in Wayne, New Jersey. Kathleen enjoys teaching her students that sociology is a remarkably useful discipline and highlights how “Sociologists in Action” make a positive impact on society. Her published works on race relations and racial identity include From Black to Biracial, Crossing the Racial Divide, Multiracial Americans and Social Class, Race Policy and Multiracial Americans. Her teaching texts, in addition to Sociology in Action, include Our Social World, The Engaged Sociologist, Sociologists in Action, , and Social Problems in Action. Kathleen is also the editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology.

Kathleen works as a consultant for other sociology departments as a member of the American Sociological Association Departmental Resources Group and received William Paterson University’s award for Excellence in Scholarship/Creative Expression in 2006 and the university’s award for Excellence in Teaching in 2014.

Table of Contents

Unit I: Inequalities as Social Problems
Chapter 1: Understanding and Solving Social Problems - Kathleen Odell Korgen
Chapter 2: Analyzing Economic Inequalities - Dawn R. Norris
Chapter 3: Recognizing Racism and Racial Inequalities - Meghan Burke
Chapter 4: Examining Gender Inequalities - Kris Macomber
Chapter 5: Focusing on Sex and Sexualities - Jason Crockett
Unit II: Global Population Problems
Chapter 6: Preparing for Aging Societies - Deborah Lowry
Chapter 7: Making Sense of Migration and Immigration - Daniel Herda
Chapter 8: Researching Environmental Problems - Lillian Mac Nell
Chapter 9: Contesting Crime - Bridget Diamond-Welch
Chapter 10: Understanding War and Terrorism - Amy Sodaro
Unit III: Institutional Problems
Chapter 11: Identifying Problems in the Criminal Justice System - Rena C. Zito
Chapter 12: Discovering Problems in the Family - Rena C. Zito
Chapter 13: Pursuing Equity in Education - Erinn Brooks
Chapter 14: Prioritizing Health and Health Care Inequalities - Gregory T. Kordsmeier
Chapter 15: Realizing the Power—and Vulnerability—of Institutions - Kathleen Odell Korgen and Maxine P. Atkinson
Appendix: Addressing Social Problems Through Service-Learning