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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Contributor List -- Social Problems -- Social Problems and Mental Health: the entries -- abortion -- adoption -- ageing -- alcoholism -- alienation -- anomie -- anxiety -- bereavement -- capital punishment -- conflict, social -- conflict resolution -- corruption -- crime and delinquency -- criminology -- deviance -- divorce -- drug use -- ethnic groups -- ethnic relations -- gangs -- gerontology, social -- homosexuality -- incest behaviour -- labelling theory -- loneliness -- mental health -- penology -- police -- pornography -- poverty -- prejudice -- prostitution -- public health -- punishment -- rape -- rape avoidance -- rehabilitation -- relative deprivation -- sexual behaviour -- social indicators -- social welfare -- social welfare policy -- social work -- stress -- subculture -- suicide -- work and leisure.

This volume provides a fascinating perspective on the social sciences through its examination of the leading proponents, their ideas and careers. It includes useful suggestions for further reading. All the great names in the history of the subject are here - Freud, Marx, Weber, Adam Smith and so on - along with many less prominent but nevertheless important thinkers.