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The Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions for 2020 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems.
Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), chapters examine topics such as criminal justice, media concerns, environmental problems, economic problems, and issues concerning sexualities and gender.
They offer recommendations for action by governing officials, policy makers, and the public around key issues of social justice.
A propos de l'auteur
Glenn Muschert is Professor of Sociology at Khalifa University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on digital technologies, sustainable development and the ethical solution of social problems.
Kristen M. Budd is Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Miami University. Her research focuses on interpersonal violence, law, and policy including how they intersect with perpetrator and victim sociodemographic characteristics.
Michelle Christian is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her research focuses on structural racism, global political economy and precarious forms of labour.
Robert Perrucci is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Purdue University. He has published 19 books and 90 articles and chapters with a focus on organizations and structures of inequality.
Résumé
Examining topics from criminal justice to media concerns, environmental problems, economic problems and issues concerning sexualities and gender, the 2020 agenda provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems.
