Social Problems
Published on 31. July 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-0-393-92877-8 (ISBN)
Description
Best helps readers think carefully about how activists, experts, and their opponents frame social problems through the logic that they use, the rhetoric of claims-making, and the ways that access to resources determines who gets their claims heard. In order to help students connect theory to everyday life, the text includes colorful examples and case studies from the real world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
455 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-92877-8 (9780393928778)
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Joel Best
Social Problems
Book
09/2012
2nd Edition
WW Norton & Co
€74.47
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Person
Joel Best is a professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of Delaware. Best's research focuses on understanding how and why we become concerned with particular issues at particular moments in time. He's written about the ways bad statistics creep into public debates and about dubious fears, such as the mistaken belief that poisoned Halloween candy poses a serious threat to our kids. His books include Damned Lies and Statistics, Kids Gone Wild, The Student Loan Mess and Flavor of the Month.