1. Sociology, Social Problems, and the New Global Culture = 1
2. Doing Something About Social Problems: Facts, Values, and Political Reality = 15
3. World Religions on a Shrinking Planet: The Scientific World View and Reactions to it - Fundamentalist Movements,
Cults, and Secular Humanism = 31
4. Marriage and Family: Love and Hate? The Decline of the Extended Family, Women's Liberation, and Divorce = 59
5. Life Chances, Life Choices: Rape, Unwanted Pregnancy, and Abortion = 99
6. Sexualities and Beyond: Gays, Lesbians, and Gender in the Global World; AIDS as a Social Problem = 123
7. Societal Time Bombs: The Population Explosion and Ageism = 149
8. High Technology, Universal Health Insurance, and Wellness = 177
9. Class Structures and Poverty in Global Perspective = 197
10. Hunger and Homelessness around the World = 227
11. Education in a Multicultural World = 251
12. The Culture of Violence: Crime and Success in the USA and Around the World = 277
13. Growing Up Drugged: Human Anxieties and Escape from Reality = 311
14. The Politics of Ethnic Warfare and Global Terrorism = 345
Bibliography = 377
About the Authors = 381
2. Doing Something About Social Problems: Facts, Values, and Political Reality = 15
3. World Religions on a Shrinking Planet: The Scientific World View and Reactions to it - Fundamentalist Movements,
Cults, and Secular Humanism = 31
4. Marriage and Family: Love and Hate? The Decline of the Extended Family, Women's Liberation, and Divorce = 59
5. Life Chances, Life Choices: Rape, Unwanted Pregnancy, and Abortion = 99
6. Sexualities and Beyond: Gays, Lesbians, and Gender in the Global World; AIDS as a Social Problem = 123
7. Societal Time Bombs: The Population Explosion and Ageism = 149
8. High Technology, Universal Health Insurance, and Wellness = 177
9. Class Structures and Poverty in Global Perspective = 197
10. Hunger and Homelessness around the World = 227
11. Education in a Multicultural World = 251
12. The Culture of Violence: Crime and Success in the USA and Around the World = 277
13. Growing Up Drugged: Human Anxieties and Escape from Reality = 311
14. The Politics of Ethnic Warfare and Global Terrorism = 345
Bibliography = 377
About the Authors = 381