15 Disturbing Things We Need to Know

15 Disturbing Things We Need to Know is a supplementary anthology of 15 'disturbing' articles on topics designed to pique the students' interests and launch great class discussions. The book is also designed to serve as a resource to help students becoming aware of the not-so-pleasant things in life, society, and the world. The topics are related to typical introductory sociology courses, including gender, race, class, sexual orientation, sexuality, cultures, deviance, crime, groups, organizations, globalization, interaction, social mobility, social change, and social movements.

James Crone has been a member of the sociology faculty at Hanover College faculty for over 30 years. In the course of his career, he has taught courses on social problems, social stratification, and social theory. Research in all these areas has contributed to his Pine Forge Press book, How Can We Solve Our Social Problems? During his time at Hanover, Professor Crone has served as Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, president of the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity, and president of the Hanover Town Council.

Introduction - James Crone
Taming the Beast: An Economist Explains Why Reducing the Deficit Will Require Big Cuts in Military Spending - Marcellus Andrews
Can We Save Our Civilation? - Lester R. Brown
Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy - Barbara Ehrenreich & Arlie Russell Hochschild
Update on the State of the Future - Jerome C. Glenn & Theodore J. Gordon
A User's Guide to the Century - Jeffrey D. Sachs
All Happy Families: The Looming Battle over Gay Parenting - Julian Sanchez
The World Is Not Unfolding as It Should - Rosalie Silberman Abella
What Do We Deserve? - Namit Arora
Cruel & Unusual: The True Costs of Our Prison System - Robert DeFina & Lance Hannon
Was Marx Right? It's Not Too Late to Ask - Terry Eagleton
Reimagining Capitalism - William Greider
The Rule of the Rich - Bill Moyers
How Socialists Built America - John Nichols
America's Addiction to Belief - Brian Trent
Pledging Allegiance to Peace - Tony White