How long does it take to read Social Problems?
Joel Best
Social Problems by Joel Best takes about 6 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2008. 381 pages, about 104,775 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Updated with more than 50 new case studies and examples, this book elucidates the complex, competitive process through which social problems emerge, paying particular attention to how resources and rhetoric affect each stage of the process, Joel Best shows how activists, experts, and their opponents engage in claimsmaking, and how the media then report on these claims, prompting public reaction and driving policy. Colorful examples and real-world case studies help connect theory to everyday life.
Subjects: Social perception, Social problems, Case studies
