Solutions to Social Problems: Lessons from Other Societies

by D. Stanley Eitzen

This text/reader examines how other advanced industrial societies have dealt with social problems with relative success and looks how these strategies may be applicable to the United States.

Genres: Sociology

240 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1997

Reviews

[Sammie · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is definitely a bias portrayed from the author of this book. There is a lot of talk about how social issues in Europe are going more smoothly than social issues here in the United States. In the beginning while I was reading, I felt the need to move to Europe because of the benefits and the way that they go about social problems; however, there is still a lot more to go off from. Europe may be doing better in some aspects, but not in others. The author had a great experience learning about European ways of going about problems, I feel that he put a lot of his opinion into this book which could have manipulated some of the facts. I am still not convinced that America is the best place to live, and I don't believe we do a good job at handling such social issues as the author discusses, but I still have a hard time believing what I can't see. I believe that America should look to Europe in order to come up with a solution for these social issues, such as, working families, class, minorities, drugs, health care, and education.