Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial social issues /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Guilford, Conn. :
McGraw-Hill/Dushkin,
[2001]
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| Edition: | 11th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1, Culture and values. Is America in moral decline? ; Is Third World immigration a threat to America's way of life?
- Part 2, Sex roles, gender, and the family. Do the new sex roles burden women more than men? ; Are the communication problems between men and women largely due to radically different conversation styles? ; Should same-sex marriages be legally recognized? ; Is the decline of the traditional family a national crisis?
- Part 3, Stratification and inequality. Is increasing economic inequality a serious problem? ; Is the underclass a major threat to American ideals? ; Has Affirmative Action outlived its usefulness?
- Part 4, Political economy and institutions. Is government dominated by big business? ; Should government intervene in a capitalist economy? ; Has welfare reform benefited the poor? ; Are vouchers the solution to the ills of public education? ; Should doctor-assisted suicide be legalized for the terminally ill?
- Part 5, Crime and social control. Is street crime more harmful than white-collar crime? ; Should drug use be decriminalized? ; Is capital punishment justified?
- Part 6, The future: Population/Environment/Society. Does population growth threaten humanity? ; Is life getting better in the United States?