Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems
- The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I General Concerns and Orientations in the Study of Social Problems
- Chapter 1 The Challenges of Conceptualizing Social Problems
- Chapter 2 Research Methods
- Chapter 3 Participatory Action Research and Social Problems
- Chapter 4 Public Policy and Social Problems: Recent Trends in the Formal Control of Individual Behavior
- Chapter 5 Social Problems in Global Perspective
- Chapter 6 Bridging Social Movements and Social Problems
- Chapter 7 Public Sociology and Social Problems
- Chapter 8 Service Sociology and Social Problems*
- Chapter 9 Astrosociology: Social Problems on Earth and in Outer Space
- Chapter 10 Prospects for the Sociological Study of Social Problems*
- Part II Historical and Theoretical Issues in the Study of Social Problems
- Part III Problems of Discrimination and Inequality
- Part IV Problems of Institutions
- Index
- References
Chapter 5 - Social Problems in Global Perspective
from Part I - General Concerns and Orientations in the Study of Social Problems
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems
- The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I General Concerns and Orientations in the Study of Social Problems
- Chapter 1 The Challenges of Conceptualizing Social Problems
- Chapter 2 Research Methods
- Chapter 3 Participatory Action Research and Social Problems
- Chapter 4 Public Policy and Social Problems: Recent Trends in the Formal Control of Individual Behavior
- Chapter 5 Social Problems in Global Perspective
- Chapter 6 Bridging Social Movements and Social Problems
- Chapter 7 Public Sociology and Social Problems
- Chapter 8 Service Sociology and Social Problems*
- Chapter 9 Astrosociology: Social Problems on Earth and in Outer Space
- Chapter 10 Prospects for the Sociological Study of Social Problems*
- Part II Historical and Theoretical Issues in the Study of Social Problems
- Part III Problems of Discrimination and Inequality
- Part IV Problems of Institutions
- Index
- References
Summary
For decades, sociological inquiry and praxis about social problems have developed a primary orientation focused on the nation-state and policy solutions within the nation-state system. We argue for globalizing the study of social problems by adjusting analytical frames that explain, address, or remedy social problems. We first examine several transnational processes that illuminate ways that public issues are bursting the seams of nation-states while weaving new spaces for the emergence of, and contest over, global social problems. We then briefly recap a recent history of globalization, suggesting that both the forms of world-historical processes and their consequences trigger new, globally specific social problems. Adapting social problems theory, we then present an analytical framework for globalizing social problems inquiry and praxis. Two cases illustrate this globalized approach to social problems. Last, we conclude with a view toward the future of global social problems research, its place in the wider sociological project, and the importance of transnational intellectual and organizational praxis.
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