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Social Problems, Law, and Society
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2004
Summary
This collection of articles presents a critical, issue-oriented approach to law and society, emphasizing its important relationship to contemporary social problems. By exploring the interstitial area between the sociology of law, social problems and social movements, the initial chapters trace out a theoretical trajectory which points to the need to move beyond traditional and social constructionist approaches. A variety of empirical studies together explore the contradictory dynamics of class as they relate to race and gender in both a national and global context, illustrating the dialectical interplay between the state and social movements. Employing a wide range of perspectives so as to convey the great diversity found in the contemporary sociology of law and justice studies, these authors collectively share a broad consensus concerning the need to explore how social movements and the larger political economy play a pivotal role in shaping state reactions to the challenges presented by contemporary social problems. With its integrated presentation of theoretical perspectives and empirical studies, this unique anthology will be useful in a variety of sociology, criminology, and justice studies course offerings such Law and Society, Social Problems, Crime and Social Justice, Social Movements, Law and Social Control, Social Change, Law and Public Policy, Introduction to Legal Studies, and others. Undergraduate and graduate students alike will appreciate that these articles, selected for their academic rigor, are highly readable and strongly oriented towards high profile social issues, including those of class, race, and gender inequalities as well as social movement and legal struggles in community, national and global settings.
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Copyright year
2004
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-3048-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-4242-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
429
Product type
Edited Book
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Preface No access
1: Critical Perspectives on Law and Society: A Social Problems Approach No access
2: Law and Social Change: Bringing Social Movements into the Dialectic No access
Commentary on "Ontological Gerrymandering": Towards a Sociological Deconstruction of Social Problems No access
4: Deviant Behavior and the Remaking of the World No access
5: A Sociological Analysis of the Law of Vagrancy No access
6: Law as a Weapon in Social Conflict No access
7: Empiricism and the Critique of Marxism on Law and Crime No access
8: Legal Limits on Labor Militancy: U.S. Labor Law and the Right to Strike since the New Deal No access
9: The Racial Basis of Capitalism and the State, and the Impact of the New Deal on African Americans No access
10: Promoting Civil Rights through the Welfare State: How Medicare Integrated Southern Hospitals No access
11: Managing Differences and Making Legislation: Social Movements and the Racialization, Sexualization, and Gendering of Federal Hate Crime Law in the U.S., 1985–1998 No access
12: Negotiated Meanings and State Transformation: The Trust Issue in the Progressive Era No access
13: The New Politics of Immigration: "Balanced-Budget Conservatism" and the Symbolism of Proposition 187 No access
14: Acting Locally: Environmental Injustice and the Emergence of Grassroots Environmental Organizations No access
15: Citizenship and Inequality: Historical and Global Perspectives No access
16: Transnational Mobilization and Civil Rights in Northern Ireland No access
17: Exploring the Organizational Dilemmas of Coercive State Conduct: Israel's Repression of the Palestinian Uprising No access
18: The Space between Laws Revisited: Corporate Crime in a Transnational Context No access
19: The State, the Legal Order, and Social Problems No access
