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| Genre/Form: | Cas, Études de |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kurt Finsterbusch |
| ISBN: | 0072822783 9780072822786 |
| OCLC Number: | 50483226 |
| Description: | xvii, 381 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Part 1, Culture and values. Is America in moral decline? ; Does television violence make children significantly more violent? ; Is Third World immigration a threat to America's way of life? -- Part 2, Sex roles, gender, and the family. Do the new sex roles burden women more than men? ; Are the communication problems between men and women largely due to radically different conversation styles? ; Should same-sex marriages be legally recognized? ; Is the decline of the traditional family a national crisis? -- Part 3, Stratification and inequality. Is increasing economic inequality a serious problem? ; Is the underclass a major threat to American ideals? ; Has Affirmative Action outlived its usefulness? -- Part 4, 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 solution to the ills of public education? ; Should doctor-assisted suicide be legalized for the terminally ill? -- Part 5, Crime and social control. Is street crime more harmful than white-collar crime? ; Should drug use be decriminalized? ; Is capital punishment justified? -- Part 6, The future: Population/Environment/Society. Is mankind dangerously harming the environment? ; Is globalization good for mankind? |
| Responsibility: | selected, edited, and with introductions by Kurt Finsterbusch. |
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