Understanding problems of social pathology

Understanding problems of social pathology / edited by Przemyslaw Piotrowski.

A social reality (including social pathology) is constantly being constructed anew in the process of confrontation of perspectives and definitions of individuals, institutions and social groups. Therefore what interests the authors of the book more than the disputes on the right definition, is the u...

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Other Authors: Piotrowski, Przemysław
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006.
Series:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 33.
Subjects:
Social problems > Poland.
Social problems.
Crime > Poland.
social issues.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Crime
Social problems
Poland
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; PART 1: Norms and Pathology
  • Probing the Boundaries of Social Life; On Constructive and Destructive Ways of Understanding Personal Freedom and Responsibility; The Social-Psychological Construction of Violent Political Discourses: Psychopathology in Political Life; The Phenomenon of Prostitution in Poland: Around the Problem of Legalization; 'Blind Date with Dirty Harry': A Criminal Justice Dispute on the Polish-Language WWW; PART 2: Problems of Social Pathology: Symptoms and Mechanisms; Iconic Violence: Description of the Phenomenon.
  • Juvenile Delinquency in Poland: Psycho-Social ConditionsYoung People and Police Officers in French Poor Suburbs: The Social Construction of a Conflict; Collective Behaviour: Psycho-Social Determinants; Suicide of the Elderly; Silent Bystanders to Violence: Social Influence or a Conflict of Identification; PART 3: Individual and Social-Scale Preventive Strategies; Victims of Violence: Stereotypes and the Process of Helping; Prevalence of Psychoactive Substance Use among Adolescents in Poland in the Period of Political Transformation: Change Tendencies and Prevention Programmes.
  • Coping Behaviour of the Unemployed from the Perspective of Robert Merton's Theory of AnomieNotes on Contributors.

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