Social Problems in a Diverse Society (6th Edition)
<DIV sercontent> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> <I>Examining the significance of race, class, and gender in understanding social problems. </I> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> <I> </I> </B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Social Problems in a Diverse Society</I> uses critical thinking and personal narratives from real people to make the study of social problems interesting and relevant to today’s students. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">This book focuses on the United States but also integrates discussion of global social problems. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Social Problems in a Diverse Society </I>uses sociological perspectives to analyze current social problems. It offers a balanced approach and explores three classic paradigms and feminist theory. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>A better teaching and learning experience</B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience–for you and your students. Here’s how:</P> <UL> <LI> <I>Personalize Learning– </I>The new MySocLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engages experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with education expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. <LI> <I>Improve Critical Thinking</I>–Critical thinking questions found at the beginning and end of every chapter help students use the sociological imagination. <LI> <I>Engage Students</I>–Personal narratives and the author’s conversational tone pull students into the topics.  <LI> <I>Explore Theory</I>–The text’s balanced approach encourages students to use many contemporary theoretical perspectives to analyze social problems. <LI> <I>Support Instructors</I>–A full set of supplements, including an Instructor’s Manual, Test Bank, and PowerPoint presentation, provide instructors with the support they need. </LI> </UL> </DIV> <P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=left text-align="left"> <B>Note: </B>MySocLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySocLab, please visit:</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> www.mysoclab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MySocLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205877893 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205877898. </P>