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For courses in Social Problems. An inquiry-based approach to Social Problems that sparks the sociological imagination Social Problems: The Sociology Project shows students how to analyze the world's most pressing social problems. This engaging text uses the big questions of the discipline as a framework. Each chapter of this brief text has been authored by 1 or more faculty members from the NYU Sociology Department who write and teach in a specific subfield. This collaboration offers a unique approach that draws on the collective wisdom of a large, successful sociology department to reveal how both individuals' lives and social problems are shaped by the contexts in which we live and act.