The book deals with the growing number of serious social problems like homelessness, violence, drug abuse, and poverty which have increased dramatically in recent years. An increasing portion of the population is living in persistent poverty and millions of men, women, and children go without adequate medical care. A growing sense of powerlessness and disenfranchisement is being experienced in varying degrees by people all over the world. Thus the social problems ...
The present volume is an attempt on the ongoing discussions regarding the prospects of society, beyond its existing status and from its recent history. It attempts to explore, comparatively new areas and the role of social history in defining and anchoring the continued expansion of our understanding of the past, towards which it has already contributed enormously. This volume engages in central issues of narrative causation, social structuring, and social ...