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eText: 
ISBN-10 0-205-62651-3ISBN-13 978-0-205-62651-9
Print: 
ISBN-10 0-205-54796-6ISBN-13 978-0-205-54796-8
Author(s): D. Stanley Eitzen; Maxine Baca Zinn; Kelly Eitzen Smith
Publisher: Pearson
Copyright year: © 2009 Pages: 656
Description

The top-selling social problems text. With a critical, conflict perspective, this text looks at the social structures and inequalities that contribute to social problems.

Taking a conflict approach, the authors focus on the underlying features of the social world in an effort to help students to understand today's social problems.  All new copies are packaged with access to MySocKit, providing many opportunities for students to go beyond the book and learn more about social problems from journal articles, video clips, weblinks and more. Also, MySocKit includes a study guide to help students prepare for exams.

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