Taking Sides : Clashing Views on Controversial Social Issues

by Finsterbusch, Kurt

• ISBN13: 9780697391131
• ISBN10: 0697391132
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
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Summary

This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in global issues through readings that reflect a variety of viewpoints. Each issue is framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. The Taking Sides readers feature annotated listings of selected World Wide Web sites. Taking Sides is supported by our student website at www.dushkin.com/online/.

Table of Contents

PART 1 CULTURE AND VALUES	1	(58)
Is America in Moral Decline?	2	(20)
Does the News Media Have a Liberal Bias?	22	(18)
Is Third World Immigration a Threat to America's Way of Life?	40	(19)
PART 2 SEX ROLES, GENDER, AND THE FAMILY	59	(78)
Is Feminism a Harmful Ideology?	60	(22)
Are Communication Problems Between Men and Women Largely Due to Radically Different Conversation Styles?	82	(18)
Should Society Be More Accepting of Homosexuality?	100	(16)
Is the Decline of the Traditional Family a National Crisis?	116	(21)
PART 3 STRATIFICATION AND INEQUALITY	137	(50)
Is Increasing Economic Inequality a Serious Problem?	138	(14)
Are the Poor Largely Responsible for Their Poverty?	152	(16)
Has Affirmative Action Outlived Its Usefulness?	168	(19)
PART 4 POLITICAL ECONOMY AND INSTITUTIONS	187	(92)
Is Government Dominated by Big Business?	188	(18)
Should Government Intervene in a Capitalist Economy?	206	(18)
Will Welfare Reform Benefit the Poor?	224	(22)
Are Vouchers the Solution to the Ills of Public Education?	246	(16)
Should Doctor-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized for the Terminally Ill?	262	(17)
PART 5 CRIME AND SOCIAL CONTROL	279	(58)
Street Crime More Harmful Than White-Collar Crime?	280	(18)
Should Drug Use Be Decriminalized?	298	(18)
Is Incapacitation the Answer to the Crime Problem?	316	(21)
PART 6 THE FUTURE: POPULATION/ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY	337
Does Population Growth Threaten Humanity?	338	(16)
Are Standards of Living in the United States Improving?	354