Publisher's Synopsis
Offering the means whereby readers may become intelligent consumers of writing on contemporary social issues, this book concentrates on problems in the USA, but uses cross-cultural data where appropriate. Topics such as the US economy, racism, drugs, gambling, homelessness and poverty are discussed. Other issues, including the mimimum wage, temporary workers, immigration and pluralism, the "bell curve" debate, bilingual education, type schooling and minority sucess, eating disorders, gender equity in athletics and sexual harassment are also included. The book investigates other causes of social problems in the US, such as children and crack cocaine, gun violence, street crime, family violence, blended families, the restructuring of the health care system, AIDs, and hunger.
