Contents of This Chapter:

1. Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
   1. Learning Objectives
   2. Chapter Overview
   3. Focusing Questions
   4. Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives
2. Defining a Social Problem
   1. Beyond Individual Experience
   2. A Conflict in Values
   3. Inequality
   4. A Social Construction with Real Consequences
   5. Unpacking Oppression, Advocating for Social Justice: The Social Construction of Rape
   6. Interdependent Solutions of Individual Agency and Collective Action
   7. Licenses and Attributions for Defining a Social Problem
3. Constructing a Social Problem
   1. The Social Problems Process
   2. Licenses and Attributions for Constructing a Social Problem
4. Social Problems and Social Justice
   1. Activist Scholars: Jane Addams and Angela Davis
   2. Licenses and Attributions for Social Problems and Social Justice
5. Chapter Summary
   1. Essential Ideas
   2. Key Terms Review
   3. Key Terms List
   4. Discuss and Do
   5. Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Summary
6. References

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