01913cam a2200301 a 45000010008000000030004000080050017000120080041000290100017000700200015000870400018001020430012001200500016001320820018001482450151001662500012003172600047003293000034003765040039004105050915004496500036013646500021014006510049014216510045014707000024015157000021015397400051015604334967OSt20230425102054.0881013s1988    ctua     b    001 0 eng    a   88152973   a0879675349  aDLCcDLCdDLC  an-us---00aHN59.2.T35 00a306/.097321900aTaking sides : clashing views on controversial social issues. /cedited, selected, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch and George McKenna.  a3rd ed.  aGuilford, CT :bDushkin Pub. Group,c1984.  axiv, 382 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographies and index.  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? -- 0aSocial conflictzUnited States. 0aSocial problems. 0aUnited StatesxSocial conditionsy1980-2020. 0aUnited StatesxSocial policyy1980-1993.1 aFinsterbusch, Kurt,1 aMcKenna, George.0 aClashing views on controversial social issues.