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1.1 Chapter Learning Objectives and Overview Kimberly Puttman Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, you will be able to: - Explain a current social issue using the five characteristics of a social problem. - Describe the process by which social problems are created. - Explain why the interdependent nature of social problems requires both individual agency and collective action to create social justice. Chapter Overview With gratitude to my friends and colleagues at the Open Oregon Educ

Chapters

• 1.1 Chapter Learning Objectives and Overview
• 1.2 Defining a Social Problem
• 1.3 Constructing a Social Problem
• 1.5 Chapter Summary
• 2.1 Chapter Learning Objectives and Overview
• 2.2 Social Identity and Social Location
• 2.3 Creating Community by Honoring Diversity
• 2.5 References
• 3.4 Moving to Modern
• 3.5 Modern and Emerging Sociological Theories
• 3.7 References
• 4.1 Chapter Learning Objectives and Overview
• 4.3 Research Methods
• 4.5 Chapter Summary
• 4.6 References
• 5.1 Chapter Learning Objectives and Overview
• 5.2 Education as a Social Problem
• 5.3 Models of Education: Applying the Social Problems Process
• 6.1 Chapter Learning Objectives and Overview
• 6.4 Personal Problems — “Sin” or “Sickness”
• 6.5 Structural Issues of Houselessness
• 6.8 References
• 7.3 Inequality in Belonging
• 7.4 Explaining the Social Problem of Belonging
• 7.6 Chapter Summary
• 7.7 References
• 8.1 Chapter Learning Objectives and Overview
• But what exactly is climate change? What causes climate change? Why is it a soc
• 8.3 Environmental Inequality and Culture
• 8.5 Environmental Justice Is Social Justice
• 8.6 Chapter Summary
• 8.7 References
• 9.2 Applying the Social Problems Process to #BlackLivesMatter
• 9.4 Social Movements, Social Media, and Social Justice
• 9.6 References
• 10.1 Chapter Learning Objectives and Overview
• 10.2 Health as a Social Problem
• 10.3 Epidemiology in the US: Health Disparities by Social Location
• 10.4 Sociological Theories of Health
• 10.5 Health Equity is Social Justice
• 10.7 References
• 11.2 The Social Problem of Drug Use and Misuse
• 11.3 Harmful Drug Use: Exploring Unequal Outcomes
• 11.5 Recovery is Social Justice
• 11.6 Chapter Summary
• 11.7 References
• 12.2 The Basics: Mental Health and Mental Illness as a Social Problem
• 12.4 Mental Health: Models and Treatments
• 12.6 Chapter Summary
• 13.2 Death and Dying as a Social Problem
• 13.5 Dying Well is Social Justice
• Sociologists see that dying itself is a social problem. People’s experience dif
• 14.3 The Interconnected Social Problems of Wildfire Recovery
• 14.7 References

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