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Welcome to SSSP

Who We Are

Our members are an interdisciplinary community of scholars, practitioners, advocates, and students interested in the application of critical, scientific, and humanistic perspectives to the study of vital social problems. If you are involved in scholarship or action in pursuit of a just society nationally or internationally, you belong in the SSSP. You will meet others engaged in research to find the causes and consequences of social problems, as well as others seeking to apply existing scholarship to the formulation of social policies. Many members are social scientists by training. Many teach in colleges and universities. Increasing numbers work in applied research and policy settings. Membership is open to anyone who supports SSSP's goals.
 

What our Members say  

 

    Nancy Naples

    SSSP is one of the few professional academic organizations that captures the spirit of praxis: the importance of linking scholarship and activism. With a focus on cutting edge research on contemporary issues and public and political engagement, SSSP is the intellectual home to academics and practitioners committed to producing and disseminating scholarship for social justice in the 21st century." -----Nancy A. Naples, University of Connecticut

     
    Peter Conrad

    The SSSP is a terrific progressive sociological organization, with a great journal and an always friendly and interactive annual meeting. It is a particularly good place for young scholars to present their work and get to know others in their field.” ----Peter Conrad, Brandeis University  

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Purpose

This Society shall be a non-profit corporation to promote and protect sociological research and teaching on significant problems of social life and, particularly, to encourage the work of young sociologists; to stimulate the application of scientific method and theory to the study of vital social problems; to encourage problem-centered social research; to foster cooperative relations among persons and organizations engaged in the application of scientific sociological findings to the formulation of social policies; to foster higher quality of life, social welfare, and positive social relations in society and the global community and to undertake any activity related thereto or necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of the foregoing purposes.  

Social Problems Journal Online

SSSP is pleased to announce that Social Problems  is now available online for all SSSP members. Please visit our members-only area below for complimentary access to Social Problems. All versions from 1953 - current are available.

Social Problems Journal Online (members-only area) 

Current Issue of Social Problems

For more information on subscribing to Social Problems and becoming a member of SSSP, please click here. Non-members may view article abstracts and purchase articles directly from UC Press by following one or more of the links below.

 

 

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