Joel Best Social Problems - April 2024

Social Problems (Third Edition)

A complete set of tools for analyzing any social problem. Updated with nine new end-of-chapter case studies and more than 50 new boxed examples, the Third Edition of Joel Best's Social Problems elucidates the complex, competitive process through which social problems emerge, paying particular attention to how resources and rhetoric affect each stage of the process. Drawing on social constructionist theory, Best shows how activists, experts, and their opponents engage in claimsmaking, and how the media then report on these claims, prompting public reaction and driving policy. In order to help s... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0393283410
• ASIN: 0393283410
• ISBN: 0393283410
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Social Problems (Second Edition)

A complete set of tools for analyzing any social problem. Updated with over 60 new examples and case studies, Social Problems shows how activists, experts, and their opponents frame social problems through the logic that they use; the rhetoric of claims-making; and the ways that access to resources determines who gets their claims heard. Drawing on social constructionist theory, the idea that our experience of reality is created through the interaction and participation of individuals and groups, Joel Best helps readers understand the complex competitive process through which problems emerge. ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0393918637
• ASIN: 0393918637
• ISBN: 9780393918632
• Brand: Brand: W. W. Norton Company
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World

In an accessible and droll style, well-known sociologist Joel Best shines a light on how we navigate these anxious, insecure social times. While most of us still strive for the American Dream—to graduate from college, own a home, work toward early retirement—recent generations have been told that the next generation will not be able to achieve these goals, that things are getting—or are on the verge of getting—worse. In American Nightmares, Best addresses the apprehension that we face every day as we are bombarded with threats that the social institutions we count on are imperi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0520296354
• ASIN: 0520296354
• ISBN: 0520296354
• Manufacturer: University of California Press

Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data

Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers that are miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or simply misleading. This new edition contains revised benchmark statistics, updated resources, and a new section on the rhetorical uses of statistics,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0520279980
• ASIN: 0520279980
• ISBN: 0520279980
• Brand: Brand: University of California Press
• Manufacturer: University of California Press

Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers.

• ASIN: 0520274709
• ASIN: 0520274709
• ISBN: 0520274709
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: University of California Press

Social Problems by Best, Joel [W. W. Norton,2012] (Paperback) 2nd Edition

Social Problems by Best, Joel. Published by W. W. Norton,2012, Binding: Paperback 2nd Edition

• ASIN: B00DWYQD52
• ASIN: B00DWYQD52
• Manufacturer: WW Norton,2012

Making Sense of Social Problems: New Images, New Issues (Social Problems, Social Constructions)

Internet addiction. Cell-phone-distracted drivers. Teen suicide. Economic recession. The health risks of trans fats. The carefully selected collection of case studies in Making Sense of Social Problems is designed to help students understand and critically evaluate a wide range of contemporary social issues. The cases are organized to highlight a series of key elements: • why "objective" claims deserve critical attention • how advocates bring attention to issues • why expert interpretations may change over time • the role of the media in shaping or distorting concerns • the consequen... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1588268802
• ASIN: 1588268802
• ISBN: 1588268802
• Brand: Brand: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Manufacturer: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.

How Claims Spread: Cross-National Diffusion of Social Problems (Social Problems & Social Issues)

Best's anthology examines for the first time how diverse social issues--road rage, the metric system, gun control, and abortion are among those included--migrate across national boundaries, modifying themselves from place to place as a result of different claims, claimsmakers, and policy responses. This unique collection, assembled from new research by an international group of social problems scholars, will fill a gap in undergraduate and graduate level studies in the constructionist analyses of social problems, as well as in political science, public policy, and criminology. Claims concerni... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0202306542
• ASIN: 0202306542
• ISBN: 0202306542
• Brand: Walter de Gruyter Inc.
• Manufacturer: Aldine Transaction

Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems (Social Problems & Social Issues)

Constructionist theory describes and analyzes social problems as emerging through the efforts of claimsmakers who bring issues to public attention. By typifying a problem and characterizing it as a particular sort, claimsmakers can shape policymaking and public response to the problem. Th is new edition of Images of Issues addresses claimsmaking in the 1990s, featuring such issues as fathers' rights, stalking, sexual abuse by the clergy, hate crimes, multicultural education, factory farming, and concluding with an expanded discussion of the theoretical debate over constructionism.

• ASIN: 0202305392
• ASIN: 0202305392
• ISBN: 0202305392
• Brand: Walter de Gruyter Inc.
• Manufacturer: Aldine Transaction

Troubling Children: Studies of Children and Social Problems (Social Problems & Social Issues)

Increasingly, sociologists have turned their attention to the social problems of children– in particular, of younger children. This collection reflects those recent interest. While most researchers have focused on social problems involving adolescents, this volume offers instead original case studies of problems concerning preadolescent children. The papers that Best has gathered here represent different theoretical and methodological approaches. They report on social issues in Albania, Kenya, and Japan as well as in the United States. The range of social problems they address is a wide on... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0202304914
• ASIN: 0202304914
• ISBN: 0202304914
• Manufacturer: Aldine Transaction

Social Problems and Social Problems Readings: Two Book Set

From the Publisher's site - A complete set of tools for analyzing any social problem. Updated with over 60 new examples and case studies, Social Problems shows how activists, experts, and their opponents frame social problems through the logic that they use; the rhetoric of claims-making; and the ways that access to resources determines who gets their claims heard. Drawing on social constructionist theory, the idea that our experience of reality is created through the interaction and participation of individuals and groups, Joel Best helps readers understand the complex competitive process thr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0393180883
• ASIN: 0393180883
• ISBN: 0393180883
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity

* Covers three years of the best essays. * Essays range from technical to humorous, but are always tangible. * Beautifully written and extremely timely. * Google lists 183,000 links for "Joel on Software". * Spolsky is one of the most popular programmers around today, with legions of followers.

• ASIN: 1590593898
• UPC: 689253593899
• ASIN: 1590593898
• ISBN: 9781590593899
• Brand: Brand: Apress
• Manufacturer: Apress

Social Problems by Best, Joel(June 14, 2007) Paperback

Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.

• ASIN: B015X51QPO
• ASIN: B015X51QPO
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

• ASIN: 0520219783
• ASIN: 0520219783
• ISBN: 9780520219786
• Manufacturer: University of California Press

Remembrance of Earth's Past: The Three-Body Trilogy (The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, Death's End)

This discounted ebundle includes: The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, Death’s End"Wildly imaginative, really interesting." —President Barack ObamaThe Three-Body trilogy by New York Times bestseller Cixin Liu keeps you riveted with high-octane action, political intrigue, and unexpected twists in this saga of first contact with the extraterrestrial Trisolaris.The Three-Body Problem — An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01N198VU5
• ASIN: B01N198VU5
• Manufacturer: Tor Books

American Nightmares : Social Problems in an Anxious World

"In an accessible and droll style, best-selling author Joel Best shines a light on how we navigate these anxious, insecure social times. While most of us still strive for the American Dream--to graduate from college,

• UPC: 55897870

Social Problems

A complete set of tools for analyzing any social

• UPC: 53814045

How Beverage Marketers Build Reputations: And Brands: The Best Alcohol Beverage Social Responsibility Programs of 2012 - eBook

Few industries operate under the scrutiny that alcohol beverage suppliers, wholesalers and retailers endure.At least since the Repeal of Prohibition industry members have recognized the overwhelming need to actively promote responsible consumption. In its very

• UPC: 732604431

American Nightmares : Social Problems in an Anxious World

"In an accessible and droll style, best-selling author Joel Best shines a light on how we navigate these anxious, insecure social times. While most of us still strive for the American Dream--to graduate from college,

• UPC: 55897871

Best Practices to Address Community Gang Problems: OJJDP's Comprehensive Gang Model - Intervention Teams, Outreach Workers, Law Enforcement, Suppression, Social Control, Reentry Programs - eBook

Since its inception, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has initiated and supported a broad range of research, demonstration, evaluation, and training and technical assistance initiatives to prevent and reduce gang

• UPC: 132439268

Damned Lies and Statistics : Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

"Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the

• UPC: 21006466
• Rating: 3.75

The Student Loan Mess : How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem

"Student loan debt in the U.S. now exceeds $1 trillion, more than the nation's credit-card debt. This timely book explains how and why student loans evolved, the concerns they've raised along the way, and how

• UPC: 45144153

Stat-Spotting : A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data

This edition updates benchmarks, includes a new chapter on rhetoric, updated a few examples, and thoroughly updated the

• UPC: 24287664
• Rating: 3.0

Thinking : The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction

"The essays contained in this book are unedited transcriptions of scientific talks and conversations between conference participants. Any apparent errors in usage should be considered natural products of speech"--Publisher's

• UPC: 23369139
• Rating: 3.0

Mental Models: The best Method to Improve your Decision-Making, Logical Analysis, and Problem-Solving.

Mental Models: The best Method to Improve your Decision-Making, Logical Analysis, and

• UPC: 250849935

Social Problems by Joel Best

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Social Problems [Second Edition] Best, Joel

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Social Problems (Third Edition) - Paperback By Best, Joel - GOOD

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Social Problems (Second Edition) - Paperback By Best, Joel - GOOD

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Social Problems by Joel Best (2007, Paperback). Used.

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Social Problems by Joel Best

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American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World by Joel Best Paperback

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Studyguide for Social Problems by Best, Joel, ISBN 9780393918632 by Cram101 Text

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Social Problems by Joel Best (2007, Paperback)

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