Sociology and Modern Social Problems

"Sociology and Modern Social Problems" by Charles A. Ellwood is an educational book that introduces sociology and how it relates to modern social issues. Written as a guide, it aims to explain social structures and how they change by looking at important social groups, like families, and also by studying big social problems like immigration, poverty, and crime. It starts by defining society as a complicated system of people interacting with each other. The book says that it's important to understand how society works before trying to fix its problems, and uses the family as an example of a key social group. It also shows how sociology connects to other fields like economics, politics, and ethics, setting the scene for an exploration into the intersection of sociological theory and real-world issues.