Clashing Views on Social IssuestextPeriodicals.ctuDubuque, IAMcGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.c2010-20079999continuingBiennialeng

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v. ; 24 cm.This debate-style reader introduces students to controversies in sociology, presenting the arguments of leading social scientists and social commentators. The 15th edition includes CULTURE AND VALUES (Is America in Moral Decline? Does the News Media Have a Liberal Bias? Is Third World Immigration a Threat to America's Way of Life?) SEX ROLES, GENDER AND THE FAMILY (Is the Decline of the Traditional Family a National Crisis? Should Mothers Stay Home with Their Children? Should Same-Sex Marriages Be Legally Recognized?) STRATIFICATION AND INEQUALITY (Is Increasing Economic Inequality a Serious Problem? Is the Underclass the Major Threat to American Ideals? Has Affirmative Action Outlived Its Usefulness? Are Boys and Men Disadvantaged Relative to Girls and Women?) POLITICAL ECONOMY AND INSTITUTIONS (Is Government Dominated by Big Business? Should Government Intervene in a Capitalist Economy? Has Welfare Reform Benefited the Poor? Is Competition the Reform That Will Fix Education? Should Biotechnology Be Used to Alter and Enhance Humans?) CRIME AND SOCIAL CONTROL (Is Street Crime More Harmful Than White-Collar Crime? Should Drug Use Be Decriminalized? Does the Threat of Terrorism Warrant Curtailment of Civil Liberties?) THE FUTURE: POPULATION/ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY (Is Mankind Dangerously Harming the Environment? Is Globalization Good for Mankind?).Issues for 2007-2013 McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series; 2014- McGraw-Hill Create.Earlier title cataloged as monographs. Since 1980 fast Social problemsPeriodicalsInterpersonal relationsPeriodicalsSocial conflictPeriodicalsSocial conflictUnited StatesPeriodicalsProblèmes sociauxPériodiquesInterpersonal relationsSocial conflictSocial conditionsSocial policySocial problemsUnited StatesSocial conditions1980-2020PeriodicalsUnited StatesSocial policy1980-1993PeriodicalsUnited StatesSocial policy1993-PeriodicalsÉtats-UnisPolitique sociale1981-1993PériodiquesÉtats-UnisPolitique sociale1993-PériodiquesUnited StatesHN59.2 .T35 2010361306.0973 T136s2832-7764(DLC) 2001238050(OCoLC)382457902832-77722006211914DLC06062120220801111451.014421972eng