Solutions to Social Problems

This text examines specific cases where states and cities are ahead of the federal government in providing solutions to social problems. States and cities are sometimes ahead of the federal government in providing solutions to social problems. The federal bureaucracy often prefers no change to change. Congress is sometimes paralyzed by party and ideological differences resulting in stagnation. In this vacuum, some states provide innovative programs to solve social problems that may be applicable at the federal level. This book examines specific examples of state and local initiatives to solve these representative social problems: undemocratic practices, poverty, inadequate wages for the working poor, unequal educational opportunity by class and race, the inadequate and inefficient health care system, the environmental crisis, and the decaying or inadequate infrastructure.

ISBN 020557873X   Pages 168 ISBN13 9780205578733 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Pearson Education (US)   Weight (grammes) 277 Imprint Pearson   Published in Upper Saddle River Format Paperback   Series title Solutions to Social Problems Publication date 10 Jul 2008   Height (mm) 235 Library of Congress 2008011802   Width (mm) 178 DEWEY 320.60973   Spine width (mm) 10 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

Ch. 1		Introduction: States and Cities Solving Social Problems		1
Ch. 2		Democracy and Campaign Reform		9
Ch. 3		The Environment: Initiatives to Reduce Global Warming		35
Ch. 4		Building U.S. Infrastructure		53
Ch. 5		Improving Education		72
Ch. 6		Poverty, Homelessness, and Affordable Housing		101
Ch. 7		Improving Wages for the Working Poor and the Near Poor		126
Ch. 8		Health Care for All		139
		Index		152

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