Social Problems and the Quality of Life

by Robert H. Lauer, Jeanette C. Lauer, Jeanette A. Auger

The Canadian Edition of Social Problems & The Quality of Life has a unique focus of ‘social solutions for social change’. Each chapter has either a section or pedagogical element addressing how various social problems can be addressed and how social action has made a difference to the quality of life. No other Canadian social problems text has this focus. In the first part of the text, the authors lay the groundwork by establishing key approaches to social problems. In the remaining sections, they discuss the social problems that most acutely influence our lives, and examine each problem for its impact on the quality of our lives.

Genres: Sociology

544 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Anna Beers · Rating 2 out of 5]

so weird?? misleading info and does not provide tons of perspective on ANY of the subjects. specifically can speak to the sexuality chapter that it is super weird and has transphobic language. bad book!

[Hannah Hewett · Rating 4 out of 5]

obviously this is a textbook so i’m somewhat biased, but up to like chapter 13 i genuinely read through the whole book and it actually had some interesting concepts and research inside it.

[Jimmy Head · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sexual deviance section shows how political science can be. Homosexuality is behavioral choice!

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book many, many, many moons ago. Decided to go back to revisit, and really focus this time. Very informative and easy to read.

[Valerie Wicke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for school. Very informative. It is a textbook, but is not hard or boring to read.