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050	1	4	_aHN59.2 _b.T35 2014
090			_aTOPIC HN 59.2 .T35 2014
090			_aTOPIC HN 59.2 .T35 2014
245	0	0	_aTaking sides: _bClashing views on social issues / _cselected, edited and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch, University of Maryland.
246	3	0	_aClashing views on social issues
250			_a17th edition, expanded.
260			_aNew York : _bMcGraw-Hill, _c[2014]
300			_axxx, 487 pages ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aTaking sides
505	0		_aUnit 1. Culture and values. Does the media have a liberal bias? -- Is Third World immigration a threat to America's way of life? -- Unit 2. Sex roles, gender, and the family. Does the divorce have long-term damaging effects on children? -- Are professional women "opting out" of work by choice? -- Should same-sex marriages be legally recognized? -- Unit 3. Stratification and inequality. Is increasing economic inequality a serious problem? -- Is America close to being a post-racial society? -- Has feminism benefited American society? -- Is the gender wage gap justified? -- Unit 4. Political economy and institutions. Is government dominated by big business? -- Does capitalism undermine democracy? -- Should government intervene in a capitalist economy? -- Was the welfare reform the right approach to poverty? -- Is No Child Left Behind irretrievably flawed? -- Should biotechnology be used to alter and enhance humans? -- Unit 5. Crime and social control. Is street crime more harmful than white-collar crime? -- Should laws against drug use remain restrictive? -- Are we headed toward a nuclear 9/11? -- Is torture ever justified? -- Unit 6. The future: population/environment/society. Does immigration benefit the economy? -- Is humankind dangerously harming the environment? -- Is economic globalization good for both rich and poor? -- Unit 7. Bonus issues- Special topics for today. Is stimulus the best way to get the American economy back on its feet? -- Does social media have largely positive impacts on its users?
650		0	_aSocial problems. _9184778
650		0	_aSocial conflict _zUnited States. _9184779
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial conditions _y21st century. _9184780
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial policy _y1993- _9184781
651		0	_aUnited States _xEmigration and immigration _xSocial aspects. _9184782
700	1		_aFinsterbusch, Kurt, _d1935- _eeditor of compliation. _9184783
830		0	_aTaking sides. _919666
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942			_cBOOK _02
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