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Taking sides : clashing views on social issues / [selected, edited and with issue framing material by] Kurt Finsterbusch.

Contributor(s): Series: Taking sidesPublisher: [New York] : Mcgraw-Hill Education, Create, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 19/e; Nineteenth editionDescription: iv, 276 pages ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781259666407
  • 1259666409
Other title:
  • Clashing views on social issues
  • Social issues
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HN59.2 .T35 2017
Contents:
Is it necessary to become less consumerist? -- Does social media have largely positive impacts on its users? -- Is the American family in trouble? -- Can women have it all? -- Is same-sex marriage harmful to America? -- Is increasing economic inequality a serious problem? -- Has America made substantial progress in the rights of blacks -- Has gender equality come a long way? -- Is government dominated by big business? -- Does capitalism have serious defects? -- Does government need to be restrained? -- Was welfare reform the right approach to poverty? -- Is the progressive vision the answer for improving the U.S. school system? -- Will the fourth industrial revolution bring about a wonderful world? -- Are the police in America to be condemned? -- Is American justice too severe? -- Is the United States in significant danger of large-scale terrorist attacks? -- Does immigration benefit the economy? -- Is humankind dangerously harming the environment? -- Should America seek the role of world hegemon or world leader?
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Notes Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Non-fiction Main Collection HN 59.2 .T35 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TOPIC BOOKS c20002820

Includes bibliographical references.

Is it necessary to become less consumerist? -- Does social media have largely positive impacts on its users? -- Is the American family in trouble? -- Can women have it all? -- Is same-sex marriage harmful to America? -- Is increasing economic inequality a serious problem? -- Has America made substantial progress in the rights of blacks -- Has gender equality come a long way? -- Is government dominated by big business? -- Does capitalism have serious defects? -- Does government need to be restrained? -- Was welfare reform the right approach to poverty? -- Is the progressive vision the answer for improving the U.S. school system? -- Will the fourth industrial revolution bring about a wonderful world? -- Are the police in America to be condemned? -- Is American justice too severe? -- Is the United States in significant danger of large-scale terrorist attacks? -- Does immigration benefit the economy? -- Is humankind dangerously harming the environment? -- Should America seek the role of world hegemon or world leader?

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