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  • Just the Facts

    Untangling Contradictory Claims

    de Joel Best ...
    Why can’t we seem to agree on facts? In this succinct volume, sociologist Joel Best turns his inimitable eye toward the social construction of what we think is true. He evaluates how facts emerge from our social worlds—including our beliefs, values, tastes, and norms—and how they align with those worlds’ standards. He argues that by developing a sociological perspective toward what we think we ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Damned Lies and Statistics

    Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

    de Joel Best ...
    Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics and learning to ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Is That True?

    Critical Thinking for Sociologists

    de Joel Best ...
    Across disciplines, critical thinking is praised, taught, and put into practice. But what does it actually mean to think critically? In this brief volume, sociologist Joel Best examines how to evaluate arguments and the evidence used to support them as he hones in on how to think in the field of sociology and beyond.With inimitable style that melds ethnographic verve with dry humor, Best examines ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Everyone's a Winner

    Life in Our Congratulatory Culture

    de Joel Best ...
    Every kindergarten soccer player gets a trophy. Many high schools name dozens of seniors as valedictorians—of the same class. Cars sport bumper stickers that read "USA—Number 1." Prizes proliferate in every corner of American society, and excellence is trumpeted with ratings that range from "Academy Award winner!" to "Best Neighborhood Pizza!" In Everyone’s a Winner, Joel Best— acclaimed author of ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • Stat-Spotting

    A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data

    de Joel Best ...
    Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, even the most respected publications present numbers ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • American Nightmares

    Social Problems in an Anxious World

    de Joel Best ...
    In an accessible and droll style, well-known sociologist Joel Best shines a light on how we navigate these anxious, insecure social times. While most of us still strive for the American Dream—to graduate from college, own a home, work toward early retirement—recent generations have been told that the next generation will not be able to achieve these goals, that things are getting—or are on the ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Satanism Scare

    de Joel Best ...
    Series series Social Institutions and Social Change Series
    Although there is growing concern over Satanism as a threat to American life, the topic has received surprisingly little serious attention. Recognizing this, the editors of this volume have selected papers from a wide variety of disciplines, broadly covering contemporary aspects of Satanism from the vantage points of studies in folklore, cults, religion, deviance, rock music, rumor, and the mass ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Troubling Children

    Studies of Children and Social Problems

    de Joel Best ...
    Series series Social Problems & Social Issues
    Increasingly, sociologists have turned their attention to the social problems of children– in particular, of younger children. This collection reflects those recent interest. While most researchers have focused on social problems involving adolescents, this volume offers instead original case studies of problems concerning preadolescent children.The papers that Best has gathered here represent ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • The Stupidity Epidemic

    Worrying About Students, Schools, and America’s Future

    de Joel Best ...
    Series series Framing 21st Century Social Issues
    Critics often warn that American schools are failing, and that our students are ill-prepared for the challenges the future holds, and may even be "the dumbest generation." We can think of these claims as warning about a Stupidity Epidemic. This essay begins by tracing the history of the idea of that American students, teachers, and schools are somehow getting worse; the record shows that critics ... Leer más

    $52.99 USD

  • Kids Gone Wild

    From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype Over Teen Sex

    de Joel Best, Kathleen A Bogle ...
    The myths and truths of teen's sexual behavior.Winner of the 2015 Brian McConnell Book Award presented by the International Society for Contemporary Legend ResearchTo hear mainstream media sources tell it, the sexlives of modern teenagers outpace even the smuttiest of cable television shows.Teen girls "sext" explicit photos to boys they like; they wear "sex bracelets"that signify what sexual ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Student Loan Mess

    How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem

    de Joel Best, Eric Best ...
    This illuminating investigation uncovers the full dimensions of the student loan disaster. A father and son team—one a best-selling sociologist, the other a former banker and current quantitative researcher—probes how we’ve reached the point at which student loan debt—now exceeding $1 trillion and predicted to reach $2 trillion by 2020—threatens to become the sequel to the mortgage meltdown. In ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Social Problems in the Age of COVID-19 Vol 1

    US Perspectives

    de Hector L Delgado, Joel Best, Shelby Frye, Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda, Andrea Hunt, Bhoomi K. Thakore, Shannon Carter, Charity Anderson, Nora C.R. Broege, DaShanne Stokes, Cynthia Puddu, Rachel Ponder, Stephanie A. Bohon, Teresa A. Sullivan, Biko Koenig, Max Rose, Jasmine Heiss, Felicia Arriaga, Bianca Bersani, Jenny K. Leigh, Corey Dolgon ...
    Series series SSSP Agendas for Social Justice
    Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), this book provides accessible insights into pressing social problems in the United States in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and proposes public policy responses for victims and justice, precarious populations, employment dilemmas and health and well-being. ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD