Taking sides
Subtitle: Clashing views on social issues
By: selected, edited and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch, University of Maryland
Edition: 17th edition, expanded.
Series: Taking sides; Taking sides
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9780078139475
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Social problems; Social conflict; Social conditions; Social policy; Emigration and immigration; Social aspects; Social Problems; Problèmes sociaux; Conditions sociales; Politique sociale; Social issues
Other titles: Clashing views on social issues
Description: Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with Learning Outcomes, an Issue Summary, an Introduction, and an Exploring the Issue section featuring Critical Thinking and Reflection, Is There Common Ground?, and Additional Resources. Taking Sides readers also offer a Topic Guide and an annotated listing of Internet References for further consideration of the issues. An online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing material is available for each volume. Using Taking Sides in the Classroom is also an excellent instructor resource. Visit www.mhhe.com/takingsides for more details.
Table of contents: title: Unit 1. Culture and values. Does the media have a liberal bias?; title: Is Third World immigration a threat to America's way of life?; title: Unit 2. Sex roles, gender, and the family. Does the divorce have long-term damaging effects on children?; title: Are professional women "opting out" of work by choice?; title: Should same-sex marriages be legally recognized?; title: Unit 3. Stratification and inequality. Is increasing economic inequality a serious problem?; title: Is America close to being a post-racial society?; title: Has feminism benefited American society?; title: Is the gender wage gap justified?; title: Unit 4. Political economy and institutions. Is government dominated by big business?; title: Does capitalism undermine democracy?; title: Should government intervene in a capitalist economy?; title: Was the welfare reform the right approach to poverty?; title: Is No Child Left Behind irretrievably flawed?; title: Should biotechnology be used to alter and enhance humans?; title: Unit 5. Crime and social control. Is street crime more harmful than white-collar crime?; title: Should laws against drug use remain restrictive?; title: Are we headed toward a nuclear 9/11?; title: Is torture ever justified?; title: Unit 6. The future: population/environment/society. Does immigration benefit the economy?; title: Is humankind dangerously harming the environment?; title: Is economic globalization good for both rich and poor?; title: Unit 7. Bonus issues- Special topics for today. Is stimulus the best way to get the American economy back on its feet?; title: Does social media have largely positive impacts on its users?