Description:
Social Problems and Ideologies: The Impact of Federalism, Capitalism, Neoliberalism, Libertarianism, and Populism on American Social Problems takes a structural approach to American social problems by examining the foundational ideologies that create, maintain, and make it difficult to resolve those problems.
Review Quotes:
"This book lays a foundation for what is underlying the social problems, particularly the largest ones, we are all struggling to understand and address. By grounding the discussion through a lens of foundational ideologies within American culture, the book provides an exceptionally helpful grid for understanding and unfolding the contents of the thought structures that shape the American experience. This will be a terrific foundational text for those looking at social problems from a structural perspective and it offers a clear and cogent basis from which you can discuss many other social problems."
Elizabeth Scheel-Keita, Professor of Sociology and Director of Applied Sociology, St Cloud State University, USA
"This book addresses many of the challenges that students have when trying to "contextualize" current social issues. Utilizing a lens of foundational ideologies within American culture, the book provides an exceptionally helpful and insightful grid through which to unpack the many layers and dimensions to the thought structures underneath and undergirding the American experience. The book, as such, fills an important gap in the literature and also provides the necessary context for students to better understand current social problems in American society."
Joseph Jakubek, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Appalachian State University, USA