This classic volume was originally designed as an introduction
to social science perspectives on a broad range of social issues in
American society, specifically the complex social problems of the
1960s. Because the volume is structured as a survey, it is neither
exhaustive or defi nitive. It does provide a wide range of
information about these problems, as well as the many diff erent
policy initiatives that were developed to cope with them. Readers
can learn a great deal about the common themes, predilections and
quandaries that characterized United States responses to the
complex problems of the 1960s and the patterns of inequality and
injustice prevalent at that time.
The essays were selected to cover the range of substantive
problematic issues of the period, the social science perspectives
that were brought to bear on them, and the range of social science
methodologies used. Finally, the selections emphasize the
contributions that can be made to understanding social problems by
intensive and rigorous social science research.
Journalists and popular writers use a common sense approach to
their study of social problems, and the results are often
imaginative and incisive. Th e tools of social scientists produce
information and analyses that contribute far more to our
understanding than even the most insightful journalist can achieve.
Th e selections in this volume highlight the deeper and more
fundamental understanding of social issues that can come from
rigorous analysis of government statistics, and from special sample
surveys, from in-depth ethnographic studies.
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