SAGE Readings for Social Problems
First Edition
Edited by:
- Benjamin Drury - DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA
February 2021 | 288 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
SAGE Readings for Social Problems is a convenient and economical option for instructors who want to introduce students to scholarly literature in their social problems courses. It contains 16 short readings on topics covered in typical courses, including economic inequality, race, gender, crime, substance abuse, education, health/medicine, the environment, family, and the social construction of social problems. The articles in this collection were all chosen because they are accessible to undergraduate, avoid complicated statistical analysis, and demonstrate the range of methodological approaches to studying social problems.
Rebecca Tiger
READING 1: RACE, CLASS, AND THE FRAMING OF DRUG EPIDEMICS
Caroline Lenette and Natasa Miskovic
READING 2: "SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING IMAGES DISTURBING": VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF REFUGEE DEATHS AT BORDER CROSSINGS
Whitney N. Laster Pirtle
READING 3: RACIAL CAPITALISM: A FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE OF NOVEL CORNOAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC INEQUITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
Melody L. Boyd and Susan Clampet-Lundquist
READING 4: “IT’S HARD TO BE AROUND HERE”: CRIMINALIZATION OF DAILY ROUTINES FOR YOUTH IN BALTIMORE
Kimberly Kay Hoang
READING CHAPTER 5: COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES OF EMBODIMENT: PAN-ASIAN MODERNITY AND THIRD WORLD DEPENDENCY IN VIETNAM’S CONTEMPORARY SEX INDUSTRY
Rene D. Flores and Ariela Schachter
READING 6: WHO ARE THE “ILLEGALS”? THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ILLEGALITY IN THE UNITED STATES
Nicholas Vargas and Julio Villa-Palomino
READING 7: RACING TO SERVE OR RACE-ING FOR MONEY? HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND THE COLORBLIND ALLOCATION OF RACIALIZED FEDERAL FUNDING
Brent Simpson, Robb Willer, and Matthew Feinberg
READING 8: DOES VIOLENT PROTEST BACKFIRE? TESTING A THEORY OF PUBLIC REACTIONS TO ACTIVIST VIOLENCE
Angelina Grigoryeva
READING 9: OWN GENDER, SIBLING’S GENDER, PARENT’S GENDER: THE DIVISION OF ELDERLY PARENT CARE AMONG ADULT CHILDREN
George Wood, Daria Roithmayr, and Andrew V. Papachristos
READING 10: THE NETWORK STRUCTURE OF POLICE MISCONDUCT
Kevin Revier
READING 11: “ONCE AGAIN, A METH LAB EXPLODED AND SOMEBODY DIED”: NARRATIVES OF VOLATILITY AND RISK IN THE RURAL DRUG WAR
Tiantian Yang and Howard E. Aldrich
READING 12: WHO’S THE BOSS? EXPLAINING GENDER INEQUALITY IN ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAMS
Maria Paino and Linda A. Renzulli
READING 13: DIGITAL DIMENSION OF CULTURAL CAPITAL: THE (IN)VISIBLE ADVANTAGES FOR STUDENTS WHO EXHIBIT COMPUTER SKILLS
Mary Romero
READING 14: SOCIOLOGY ENGAGED IN SOCIAL JUSTICE
Lindsay M. Stevens
READING 15: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS AND REPRODUCTIVE BODIES: PROVIDER PERSPECTIVES ON RISK, GENDER, AND RESPONSIBILITY
Joy Rayanne Piontak and Michael D. Schulman
READING 16: FOOD INSECURITY IN RURAL AMERICA