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_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 |
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_aNew York : _bMcGraw-Hill, _c[2014] |
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_axxx, 487 pages ; _c24 cm. |
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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? | |
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_aUnited States _xSocial policy _y1993- _9184781 |
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_aUnited States _xEmigration and immigration _xSocial aspects. _9184782 |
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