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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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? -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0879675349 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>88152973  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social conflict--United States.<br/>Social problems.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.<br/>United States--Social policy--1980-1993.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN59.2.T35  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306/.0973