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When Welfare Disappears
Kenneth J. Neubeck

Routledge, 2006

Sociology: Diversity, Conflict, and Change, with PowerWeb

1 review
Kenneth J. Neubeck, Davita Silfen Glasberg

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2004

Good Text
This sociology book is a good text for the general sociology student. I am new to this subject and find that this book explains the concepts well by using narration as well as your basic text book format. I find myself reading ahead because the chapters are interesting. Another good thing about this book is that there aren't any colored pictures-- this makes the book less expensive! The ...

When Welfare Disappears: The Case for Economic Human Rights
Kenneth J. Neubeck

Routledge, 2006

While welfare rolls have dramatically dropped across the United States during the last decade, the high poverty for mothers and their children has not. In fact many of new welfare reform initiatives pose increasingly negative effects on poor children and youth. As these startling statistics mount, federal and state governments continue to cut back on the very services and funds on which impoverished families rely. This groundbreaking new book ...

Sociology: Diversity, Conflict, and Change
Kenneth J. Neubeck, Davita Silfen Glasberg

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2004

This text offers students a lively, provocative introduction to the principles of sociology. It encourages students to develop what C. Wright Mills called a "sociological imagination," enabling them to see how their position in society and in history shapes their personal lives. Using a critical approach, the authors raise analytical questions and explore the social forces that affect each individual's life and life chances. While focusing on ...

Selected Material From Sociology: Diversity, Conflict, and Change
Kenneth J. Neubeck, and Davita Silfen Glasberg NEUBECK

McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 2005

Social Problems: A Critical Approach

1 review
Kenneth J. Neubeck, Mary Alice Neubeck, ...

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006

Great Ideas Presented
Social Problems, A Critical Approach presents the reader with a variety of new ideas on social problems today ranging from famine to the military-industrial complex. Time is taken to examine each problem from its origin in history to the present day problem. I found this text organized in a manner easy to follow and understand.