Dear Teachsocers, I'll be teaching Social Problems in the fall. I want to avoid the typical 15 problems in 15 weeks approach associated with standard textbooks. My idea is to use a shorter text focusing on social problems theory such as Rubington/Weinberg or Loseke, and work in 3 or 4 short monographs such as Anderson, Code of the Street, that permit addressing a range of problems in an intergrated way. Thus for example Code of the Street would allow us to address poverty, race, gender, crime, unemployment, residential segregation, etc. My question is this: can list members suggest other relatively short and highly readable monographs (preferably recent--1990s or later) that address problem complexes in a comparable way but in other areas, such as: environment/technology/health, culture/diversity/immigration/population, globalization/development/modernization, and so on. I should say that I am not trying to cover every known social problem, but rather some interesting complexes. Thus I didn't put war or education on the list but they could very well be in or out, depending on what texts I have to work with. This group usually comes up with great ideas and I am looking forward to seeing your suggestions. Peter Grahame
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