Please read Chp. 1, related Videos and PowerPoint Presentation on What is a Social Problem to address the following question:
a) What is a social problem and how can we use the sociological perspective to study social problems? What types of social problems are there?
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b) Outline the life cycle of a social problem. Describe each stage in detail. How do we know when/if a social problem has been resolved? Give an example.
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c) Briefly, how do the three major perspectives sociology uses to study social problems (functional theory, conflict theory, and interactionism) differ regarding causation and solutions to social problems. Give specific examples.
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d) Finally, provide an overview of how conservatives, liberals, and radicals would view social problems in general?
Please refer to this book. ( reference needed for the test book only)
text: Social Problems by Anna Leon-Guerrero, Sage Publications, 7th edition