Framing 21st Century Social Issues

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21. Contentious Identities

    Ethnic, Religious and National Conflicts in Today's World

    By Daniel Chirot

    Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

    This book analyzes widespread global ethnic conflicts that tear asunder nations and regions, such as the former Yugoslavia. Dan Chirot casts his analysis in a discussion of the conflict between national and ethnic identity, discovering that ethnic identity, rooted in centuries of tradition and...

    Published December 20th 2010 by Routledge
22. Waste and Consumption

    Capitalism, the Environment, and the Life of Things

    By Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi

    Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

    This book examines the link between waste and consumption through a cultural approach that integrates environmental concerns with reflections on the role that consumption has come to occupy in our contemporary capitalist societies. The mutual relationship between capitalism and consumption is...

    Published December 20th 2010 by Routledge
23. Why Nations Go to War

    A Sociology of Military Conflict

    By Mark P. Worrell

    Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

    The United States has been involved in many wars, sometimes for noble causes like defeating Nazism, and, at other times, it has compromised its own ideals, leading to a lot of soul searching and regrets. Some wars are celebrated as glorious achievements (World War II), some are ‘forgotten’ (Korea),...

    Published December 20th 2010 by Routledge
24. Body Problems

    Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Society

    By Ben Agger

    Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

    This book addresses the relationship between the body and society in a fast-food society. Agger focuses on issues of food, exercise, work, dieting and eating disorders, fashion, bariatric and cosmetic surgery, and health. He addresses the dilemma that we have ample access to abundant calories but...

    Published December 14th 2010 by Routledge
25. Sex, Drugs, and Death

    Addressing Youth Problems in American Society

    By Tammy L. Anderson

    Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

    Sex, Drugs, and Death: Addressing Youth Problems in American Society explores how youth lifestyles, identity pursuits, behaviors and activities produce a wide range of social problems in contemporary society. The book focuses on the interconnections between three of the most significant youth...

    Published December 14th 2010 by Routledge
26. The Problem of Emotions in Societies

    By Jonathan Turner

    Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

    Like any other valued resource, emotions are distributed unequally. Moreover, emotions are a generalized resource because they give people the confidence, or lack of confidence, to secure additional types of resources. Thus, this distribution of emotions roughly corresponds to the shares of others...

    Published December 14th 2010 by Routledge
27. The Stupidity Epidemic

    Worrying About Students, Schools, and America’s Future

    By Joel Best

    Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

    Critics often warn that American schools are failing, and that our students are ill-prepared for the challenges the future holds, and may even be "the dumbest generation." We can think of these claims as warning about a Stupidity Epidemic. This essay begins by tracing the history of the idea of...

    Published December 14th 2010 by Routledge