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Title:
Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial social issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch.
Edition:
13th ed.
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill/Dushkin,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
xxii, 372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Social conflict--United States.
Social problems.
United States--Social conditions--1980-
United States--Social policy--1993-
Other Authors:
Finsterbusch, Kurt, 1935-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Is America in moral decline? -- Does the news media have a liberal bias? -- Is Third World immigration a threat to America's way of life? -- Do the new sex roles burden women more than men? -- Are 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? -- Is increasing economic inequality a serious problem? -- Is the underclass the major threat to American ideals? -- Has affirmative action outlived its usefulness? -- Is government dominated by big business? -- Should government intervene in a capitalist economy? -- Has welfare reform benefited the poor? -- Is competition the solution to the ills of public education? -- Should doctor-assisted suicide be legalized for the terminally ill? -- Is street crime more harmful than white-collar crime? -- Should drug use be decriminalized? -- Does the threat of terrorism warrant curtailment of civil liberties? -- Is mankind dangerously harming the environment? -- Is globalization good for mankind?
ISBN:
9780072968750
0072968753
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56394501
LCCN:
95083865
Locations:
O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

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