02058cam a2200337 a 4500 4334967 OSt 20230425102054.0 881013s1988 ctua b 001 0 eng 88152973 0879675349 DLC DLC DLC n-us--- HN59.2.T35 306/.0973 19 Taking sides : clashing views on controversial social issues. / edited, selected, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch and George McKenna. 3rd ed. Guilford, CT : Dushkin Pub. Group, 1984. xiv, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographies and index. Contents: 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? -- Social conflict United States. 1233 Social problems. 1234 United States Social conditions 1980-2020. 1235 United States Social policy 1980-1993. 1236 Finsterbusch, Kurt, 1237 McKenna, George. 1238 Clashing views on controversial social issues. 7 cbc orignew 3 ncip 19 y-gencatlg lcc BK 9519 17019 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL GEN 2023-03-08 HN59.2.T35 K/2905/0003/23 2023-04-18 00:00:00 BK