This is a DRAFT version of a possible midterm question.
Take-home essay question for midterm 1. Must be typed and double-spaced. Must be turned in on the day of the midterm before the start of the exam.
Referring to our discussions in class, Chapter One in Mooney et al., “An Introduction to the Study of Social Problems” by Charon, “How do we Decide what are Social Problems?” by Gusfield, “Seeing the Population Issue Whole” by Meadows, “A Climate Culprit In Darfur” by Ban Ki Moon, and “Comparative Perspectives and Competing Explanations: Taking on the Newly Configured Reductionist Challenge to Sociology" by Troy Duster, answer the following questions: What is a social problem? Discuss the sociological perspective(s) in understanding social problems. (This question is worth 25 points.)
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