Social Problems and Inequality: Social Responsibility Through Progressive Sociology

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Prize: Winner, The Institute for Critical Animal Studies' Critical Animal Studies Media of the Year Award, 2013 'Alessio...has written a provocative analysis...the book can stimulate thought, discussion, and perhaps even action designed to solve certain social problems...Recommended.' Choice 'Alessio's excellent and most readable book casts a fresh and interesting light on the links between theory and practice, and between immediate experience and larger sets of social relations. Clearly constructed, richly informed, and intelligently argued, a most worthy contribution to sociology and to understanding human society.' Michael Parenti, author of The Face of Imperialism (2011) and God and His Demons (2010) 'A masterful introduction to the sociological perspective that turns the illuminating power of the discipline onto important contemporary issues - including the oppression of animals. This powerful political-economic analysis is a compelling argument for rejecting an unsustainable system and working for justice for all the residents of the planet.' David Nibert, Wittenberg University, USA and author of Animal Rights/Human Rights: The Entanglement of Oppression and Liberation 'Shattering the old disciplinary limits with an unabashedly progressive approach John Alessio bares the underlying interconnections shaping the issues that confront us all, from everyday troubles to global disasters. His crisp, provocative analysis points the reader to examine their own role in social issues and most importantly how we can move from being part of the problem to becoming part of the solution.' R. A. Dello Buono, Manhattan College, USA and co-author of Social Change, Resistance and Social Practices and Latin America after the Neoliberal Debacle 'Alessio asks vital questions about how social reality is controlled, why we misunderstand social issues when we see them as personal problems, and how power impacts upon what sociologists define as social issues. This book offers a much-needed wakeup call - particularly today, when problems are accelerating out of control, yet we lack the ability to clearly grasp root causes. A recommended read.' Marjorie Kelly, Tellus Institute, USA and author of The Divine Right of Capital '... written by a knowledgeable and insightful sociologist... the book can stimulate thought, discussion, and perhaps even action designed to solve certain social problems... Recommended.' Choice