The new battlefront over health programs for the poor is taking place over what has historically been a progressive concept: social determinants of health. The idea that social and environmental ...

This paper explores parallel developments in labeling theory and in the value-conflict approach to social problems. Similarities in their critiques of functionalism and etiological theory as well as ...

In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. These ...

This lively and accessible book offers an introduction to sociological social psychology through the lens of symbolic interactionism. It provides students with an accessible understanding of this ...

What if you discovered that there’s a way to help students become more well-rounded, self-controlled and responsible, thus allowing them to progress socially and academically? And what if those gains ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Concepts of social classes in present-day sociology are either so completely analytical as to be devoid of relevant empirical referents or so ...

A couple of days ago, I published an academic research article titled “Health and Disease Concepts Cannot Be Grounded in Social Justice Alone” in the Croatian Journal of Philosophy. The title is ...

In the chilling Netflix expose of the evils of social media, renowned NYU psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses how rates of mental health problems among adolescents and pre-teens have skyrocketed ...

A new article lays out three concepts from complex systems science that could advance studies into animal social complexity. From bees to birds to humans, the animal kingdom is full of organisms that ...