TY - JOUR
AU - Spector,, Malcolm
AB - Abstract Two major approaches to the study of social problems are examined: the functionalist statement by Merton, and the value-conflict view of Waller, and Fuller and Myers. The ambiguities of the relationship between the concepts “objective conditions” and “social problem” contained in the statements of these writers are identified and analyzed. Some preliminary suggestions are made to define the subject matter of the sociology of social problems as a specialized area of study. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes * " This paper was developed in a seminar on social problems conducted at Northwestern University in the Spring Quarter, 1972. We wish to thank the members of the seminar and our colleagues in the department for their comments and criticisms. © 1986 Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc.
TI - Toward a Sociology of Social Problems: Social Conditions, Value-Judgments, And Social Problems
JF - Social Problems
DO - 10.2307/799704
DA - 1973-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/toward-a-sociology-of-social-problems-social-conditions-value-DNBMHJcW1a
SP - 407
VL - 20
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -