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Who Belongs?: The Social Problem of Family

Contents of This Chapter:

  1. Learning Objectives and Chapter Overview
    1. Learning Objectives
    2. Chapter Overview
    3. Focusing Questions
    4. Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Overview
      1. Open Content, Original
  2. The Social Problem of Belonging: Who is Family?
    1. A social problem goes beyond the experience of an individual
    2. A social problem results from a conflict in values
    3. A social problem arises when groups of people experience inequality
    4. A social problem is socially constructed but real in its consequences
    5. A social problem must be addressed interdependently, using both individual agency and collective action
    6. Licenses and Attributions for The Social Problem of Belonging: Who is Family
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  3. Inequality in Belonging
    1. Early Roots: Slavery, Bodily Autonomy, Citizenship and Class
    2. The Intersectionality of Belonging: Ethnicity, Origin, and Citizenship
      1. Ethnicity
      2. Unpacking Oppression, Naming Justice: Why is Latinx a Word?
      3. Citizenship and Ethnicity
    3. Another immigrant story: My Mom
    4. DACA, Dreamers, and Immigration
      1. DACA
      2. DREAM Act
      3. The Legal Process
    5. Queer Families
      1. Unpacking Oppression and Queering Justice: What Do I Mean When I Say Queer?
      2. Inequality in Queer Families
    6. Licenses and Attributions for Inequality in Belonging
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved Content
  4. Explaining the Social Problem of Belonging
    1. Functionalist
    2. Conflict Theory
    3. Symbolic Interactionism
    4. Intersectional Theories of Belonging: Feminism, Critical Race Theory, and Queer Theory
    5. Licenses and Attributions for Explaining the Social Problem of Belonging
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved Content
  5. Belonging is Social Justice
    1. Licenses and Attributions for Belonging is Social Justice
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved Content
  6. Chapter Summary
    1. Essential Ideas
    2. Comprehension Check
    3. Key Terms List
    4. Discuss and Do
    5. Chapter Summary Licenses and Attributions
  7. References

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Inequality and Interdependence: Social Problems and Social Justice Copyright © by Kimberly Puttman; Kathryn Burrows; Patricia Halleran; Bethany Grace Howe; Nora Karena; Kelly Szott; and Avery Temple is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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