Taking sides. Clashing views on social issues /
Taking sides: social issues
edited, selected, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch.
- 16th ed., expanded
- New York : McGraw-Hill, 2012.
- xxviii, 441 p. ; 24 cm.
- Taking sides. .
- Taking sides. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unit 1. Culture and values -- 1. Does the news media have a liberal bias? -- 2. Is Third World immigration a threat to America's way of life? -- Unit 2. Sex roles, gender, and the family -- 3. Does divorce have long-term damaging effects on children? -- 4. Does the "mommy track" (part-time work) improve women's lives? -- 5. Should same-sex marriages be legally recognized? -- Unit 3. Stratification and inequality -- 6. Is increasing economic inequality a serious problem? -- 7. Has feminism benefited American society? -- 8. Has affirmative action outlived its usefulness? -- 9. Are barriers to women's success as leaders due to societal obstacles? -- Unit 4. Political economy and institutions -- 10. Is America dominated by big business? -- 11. Does capitalism undermine democracy? -- 12. Should government intervene in a capitalist economy? -- 13. Has welfare reform benefited the poor? -- 14. Is competition the reform that will fix education? -- 15. Should biotechnology be used to alter and enhance humans? -- Unit 5. Crime and social control -- 16. Is street crime more harmful than white-collar crime? -- 17. Should laws against drug use remain restrictive? -- 18. Are we headed toward a nuclear 9/11? -- Unit 6. The future: population, environment, society -- 19. Are declining growth rates rather than rapid population growth today's major global population problem? -- 20. Is humankind dangerously harming the environment? -- 21. Is globalization good for humankind? -- 22. Is big government bad? -- 23. Do women make better leaders?
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Social conflict--United States. Social problems.
United States--Social conditions--1980- United States--Social policy--1980-1993.