Clashing Views on Social Issues

Informationen zum Autor Kurt Finsterbusch is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland at College Park. He received a BA in history from Princeton University in 1957, a BD from Grace Theological Seminary in 1960, and a PhD in sociology from Columbia University in 1969. He is the author of Understanding Social Impacts (Sage Publications, 1980), and he is the coauthor, with Annabelle Bender Motz, of Social Research for Policy Decisions (Wadsworth, 1980) and, with Jerald Hage, of Organizational Change as a Development Strategy (Lynne Rienner, 1987). He is the editor of Annual Editions: Sociology (McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Learning Series); Annual Editions: Social Problems (McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Learning Series); and Sources: Notable Selections in Sociology, 3rd ed. (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 1999). Klappentext Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript or challenge questions. Taking Sides readers feature an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites. An online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing material is available for each volume. Using Taking Sides in the Classroom is also an excellent instructor resource. Visit www.mhhe.com/takingsides for more details. Inhaltsverzeichnis TAKING SIDES: Clashing Views on Social Issues, Sixteenth Edition Unit 1 Culture and ValuesIssue 1. Does the News Media Have a Liberal Bias?YES: Fred Barnes, from "Is Mainstream Media Fair and Balanced?" Imprimis (August 2006)NO: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., from Crimes Against Nature (HarperCollins, 2005)Fred Barnes, journalist, executive editor of The Weekly Standard and TV commentator, argues that the mainstream media has a pronounced liberal bias. They do not hire conservatives, and an analysis of specific news stories shows their bias. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmentalist and political activist, agrees with Barnes that the media is biased but believes that it has a conservative bias. Surveys show that most Americans have many false beliefs that are fed to them by conservative talk radio shows and other conservative media outlets. Many media owners are very conservative and stifle investigative reporting.Issue 2. Is Third World Immigration a Threat to America's Way of Life?YES: Mark Krikorian, from The New Case Against Immigration (Sentinel, 2008)NO: Jason L. Riley, from Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders (Gotham, 2008)Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, presents the case against immigration. He emphasizes the changes in America that make immigration less beneficial for America. The current immigrants are not much different than immigrants in the past century but they do not fit the new America as well as the past immigrants fit the old America. One part of the story is that the new America will not assimilate immigrants well. Jason L. Riley, an editor of the Wall Street Journal, applauds immigration because it will propel, not impede, economic growth. America has a flexible labor market, where both employers and employees can change the work situation as they need or desire. "In the end, employers, workers, and consumers are all better off." America has a labor shortage that immigrants help fill without taking jobs in the aggregate from Americans. Riley also argues that new immigrants assimilate much like the old immigrants did.Unit 2 Sex Roles, Gender, and the FamilyIssue 3. Does Divorce Have Long-Term Damaging Effects on Children?YES: Elizabeth Marquardt, from "The Bad Divorce," First Things (February 2005)NO: Constance Ahrons, from We're Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say about Their Parents' Divorce (Harper Collins, 2004)Elizabeth Marquardt, Director of the Center for Marriage and Families, defends the comm...

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• Authors: Kurt Finsterbusch
• Assisted by: Kurt Finsterbusch (Editor)
• Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.2010
• EAN: 9780078050015
• ISBN: 978-0-07-805001-5
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Taking Sides; Taking Sides: Social Issues
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories