Taking sides
Subtitle: Clashing views on social issues
By: selected, edited, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch
Edition: Sixteenth edition, expanded.
Series: Taking sides; Taking sides
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9780078050183
Subjects: Social conditions; Social policy; Social conflict; Social problems; Interpersonal relations
Other titles: Clashing views on social issues
Notes: "Expanded with two new issues"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Unit 1. Culture and values; title: 1. Does the news media have a liberal bias?; title: 2. Is Third World immigration a threat to America's way of life?; title: Unit 2. Sex roles, gender, and the family; title: 3. Does divorce have long-term damaging effects on children?; title: 4. Does the "mommy track" (part-time work) improve women's lives?; title: 5. Should same-sex marriages be legally recognized?; title: Unit 3. Stratification and inequality; title: 6. Is increasing economic inequality a serious problem?; title: 7. Has feminism benefited American society?; title: 8. Has affirmative action outlived its usefulness?; title: 9. Are barriers to women's success as leaders due to societal obstacles?; title: Unit 4. Political economy and institutions; title: 10. Is America dominated by big business?; title: 11. Does capitalism undermine democracy?; title: 12. Should government intervene in a capitalist economy?; title: 13. Has welfare reform benefited the poor?; title: 14. Is competition the reform that will fix education?; title: 15. Should biotechnology be used to alter and enhance humans?; title: Unit 5. Crime and social control; title: 16. Is street crime more harmful than white-collar crime?; title: 17. Should laws against drug use remain restrictive?; title: 18. Are we headed toward a nuclear 9/11?; title: Unit 6. The future: population, environment, society; title: 19. Are declining growth rates rather than rapid population growth today's major global population problem?; title: 20. Is humankind dangerously harming the environment?; title: 21. Is globalization good for humankind?; title: 22. Is big government bad?; title: 23. Do women make better leaders?