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245	0	0	_aTaking sides : clashing views on controversial social issues. / _cedited, selected, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch and George McKenna.
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aGuilford, CT : _bDushkin Pub. Group, _c1984.
300			_axiv, 382 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographies and index.
505			_aContents: 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? --
650		0	_aSocial conflict _zUnited States. _91233
650		0	_aSocial problems. _91234
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial conditions _y1980-2020. _91235
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial policy _y1980-1993. _91236
700	1		_aFinsterbusch, Kurt, _91237
700	1		_aMcKenna, George. _91238
740	0		_aClashing views on controversial social issues.
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