Social problems

"An important alternative to traditional social problems textbooks, Best's Social Problems seeks to how and why particular conditions come to be constructed as social problems. Walking students through the stages of the social problems process, the best-selling author of Damned Lies and Statistics equips readers with the tools to better analyze what they read and hear about social problems in the media. The Fourth Edition has been updated with new examples and case studies on timely topics such as campus sexual assault, the opioid epidemic, and fake news, helping students connect theory to everyday life"--

Social problems process -- Claims -- Activists as claimsmakers -- Experts as claimsmakers -- Media and claims -- Public reaction -- Policymaking -- Social problems work -- Policy outcomes -- Claims across space and time -- The uses of the constructionist stance