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003 OCoLC
005 20210420072009.0
008 020826s2003 ctua b 001 0 eng d
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050 4 $aHN59.2$b.T35 2003
082 04 $a300
245 00 $aTaking sides.$pClashing views on controversial social issues /$cselected, edited, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch.
250 $a12th ed.
260 $aGuilford, Conn. :$bMcGraw-Hill/Dushkin,$c©2003.
300 $axvii, 381 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPart 1, Culture and values. Is America in moral decline? ; Does television violence make children significantly more violent? ; 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? ; Is competition 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. Is mankind dangerously harming the environment? ; Is globalization good for mankind?
520 $aAn updated collection of arguments on both sides of current debates on a wide variety of social issues, from sex roles to assisted suicide to globalization.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1980-
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial policy$y1993-
650 0 $aInterpersonal relations.
650 0 $aSocial problems.
650 6 $aConflits sociaux$zÉtats-Unis.
650 6 $aProblèmes sociaux.
650 6 $aDébats et controverses$zÉtats-Unis$vCas, Études de.
651 6 $aÉtats-Unis$xConditions sociales$y1980-
651 6 $aÉtats-Unis$xPolitique sociale$y1993-
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651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
648 7 $aSince 1980$2fast
700 1 $aFinsterbusch, Kurt,$d1935-
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