Taking sides : clashing views on controversial social issues. / edited, selected, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch and George McKenna.
Material type: TextPublisher: Guilford, CT : Dushkin Pub. Group, 1984Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiv, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0879675349Subject(s): Social conflict -- United States | Social problems | United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020 | United States -- Social policy -- 1980-1993DDC classification: 306/.0973 LOC classification: HN59.2.T35Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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? --
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