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Taking sides : clashing views on controversial social issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch

Contributor(s): Finsterbusch, Kurt, 1935-.
Publisher: Guilford, Conn. : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, c2003Edition: 12th ed.Description: xvii, 381 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0072822783 (pbk.).Subject(s): Social conflict -- United States | Social problems | United States -- Social conditions -- 1980- | United States -- Social policy -- 1993-DDC classification: 306.0973
Contents:
Preface. - Introduction: Debating social issues. - Pt. 1. Culture and values. Issue 1. Is America in moral decline? Issue 2. Does television violence make children significantly more violent? Issue 3. Third World immigration a threat to America's way of life? - Pt. 2. Sex roles, gender, and the family. Issue 4. Do the new sex roles burden women more than men? Issue 5. Are the communication problems between men and women largely due to radically different conversation styles? Issue 6. Should same-sex marriages be legally recognized? Issue 7. Is the decline of the traditional family a national crisis? - Pt. 3. Stratification and inequality. Issue 8. Is increasing economic inequality a serious problem? Issue 9. Is the underclass a major threat to American ideals? Issue 10. Has Affirmative Action outlived its usefulness? - Pt. 4. Political economy and institutions. Issue 11. Is government dominated by big business? Issue 12. Should government intervene in a capitalist economy? Issue 13. Has welfare reform benefited the poor? Issue 14. Is competition the solution to the ills of public education? Issue 15. Should doctor-assisted suicide be legalized for the terminally ill? - Pt. 5. Crime and social control. Issue 16. Is street crime more harmful than white-collar crime? Issue 17. Should drug use be decriminalized? Issue 18. Is capital punishment justified? - Pt. 6. The future: Population/Environment/Society. Issue 19. Is mankind dangerously harming the environment? Issue 20. Is globalization good for mankind? - Contributors. - Index.
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Preface. - Introduction: Debating social issues. - Pt. 1. Culture and values. Issue 1. Is America in moral decline? Issue 2. Does television violence make children significantly more violent? Issue 3. Third World immigration a threat to America's way of life? - Pt. 2. Sex roles, gender, and the family. Issue 4. Do the new sex roles burden women more than men? Issue 5. Are the communication problems between men and women largely due to radically different conversation styles? Issue 6. Should same-sex marriages be legally recognized? Issue 7. Is the decline of the traditional family a national crisis? - Pt. 3. Stratification and inequality. Issue 8. Is increasing economic inequality a serious problem? Issue 9. Is the underclass a major threat to American ideals? Issue 10. Has Affirmative Action outlived its usefulness? - Pt. 4. Political economy and institutions. Issue 11. Is government dominated by big business? Issue 12. Should government intervene in a capitalist economy? Issue 13. Has welfare reform benefited the poor? Issue 14. Is competition the solution to the ills of public education? Issue 15. Should doctor-assisted suicide be legalized for the terminally ill? - Pt. 5. Crime and social control. Issue 16. Is street crime more harmful than white-collar crime? Issue 17. Should drug use be decriminalized? Issue 18. Is capital punishment justified? - Pt. 6. The future: Population/Environment/Society. Issue 19. Is mankind dangerously harming the environment? Issue 20. Is globalization good for mankind? - Contributors. - Index.

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