Taking sides : clashing views on controversial social issues. /
edited, selected, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch and George McKenna.
- 3rd ed.
- Guilford, CT : Dushkin Pub. Group, 1984.
- xiv, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents: Introduction: debating social issue -- Should the study of society be value free? -- Does sociology benefit society? -- Is social behavior genetically determined -- Does lower-class culture perpetuate poverty? -- Should we bring back community? -- Has the women's movement helped women? -- Are traditional families more successful? -- Is modern work alienating? -- Is economic inequality beneficial to society? -- Does welfare do more harm than good? -- Is racial oppression declining in America? -- Is affirmative action reverse discrimination? -- Does an elite rule America? -- Are profits the only social responsibility? -- Is incapacitation the answer to the crime problem? -- Was it right to empty the mental hospitals? -- Is nuclear deterrence irrational? -- Is the world threatened by a population bomb? -- Is the environment improving? -- The future: are prosperity and freedom endangered? --
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Social conflict--United States.
Social problems.
United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.
United States--Social policy--1980-1993.
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents: Introduction: debating social issue -- Should the study of society be value free? -- Does sociology benefit society? -- Is social behavior genetically determined -- Does lower-class culture perpetuate poverty? -- Should we bring back community? -- Has the women's movement helped women? -- Are traditional families more successful? -- Is modern work alienating? -- Is economic inequality beneficial to society? -- Does welfare do more harm than good? -- Is racial oppression declining in America? -- Is affirmative action reverse discrimination? -- Does an elite rule America? -- Are profits the only social responsibility? -- Is incapacitation the answer to the crime problem? -- Was it right to empty the mental hospitals? -- Is nuclear deterrence irrational? -- Is the world threatened by a population bomb? -- Is the environment improving? -- The future: are prosperity and freedom endangered? --
0879675349
88152973
Social conflict--United States.
Social problems.
United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.
United States--Social policy--1980-1993.
HN59.2.T35
306/.0973