| Description |
volume <;1-24>; : illustrations (some color) ;; 24 cm |
| Note |
Vols. 7-<;24 >; published by: Grolier. |
| Summary |
A series of essays analyzing questions or dilemmas relating to social issues. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
v. 1. Individual and society: Issues of equality and inequality: Is inequality a problem? -- Is it possible to live in a nonracist society -- Commentary: Civil rights timeline 1942-1992 -- Are women still the second sex? -- Should the constitutional "right to privacy"; protect homosexual conduct? -- Should gay men and women be allowed to marry? -- Should affirmative action continue? -- Commentary: Affirmative action policies -- Should English be the official language in the United States? -- Social responsibility in a civil society: Should people have to obey unjust laws -- Commentary: Value of debate: Should there be a right to violate laws for religious reasons? -- Is violent protest ever justified -- Is hate speech a right? -- Is gun control unconstitutional? -- Is the death penalty ever justifiable? --Commentary: Death penalty in the United States: Should society make reparations to the descendants of slaves? -- Is abortion a right? -- Commentary: Abortion in the United States: Is surrogate motherhood wrong? -- v. 2. Government: Democracy: Is direct rule by the people better than a representative democracy? -- Are all human beings created equal? -- Are democracy and capitalism at odds with each other? -- Is the United States truly democratic? -- Commentary: Research skills: U.S. Government: Is the Federal bureaucracy too big? -- Should more power be given to state governments -- Does the two-party system adequately represent the people? -- Does the separation of powers produce ineffective government? -- Is the president too powerful? -- Elections: Should people be able to legislate directly through ballot initiatives? -- Can the wealthy buy their way into political office? -- Does the primary system produce the best president? -- Should the electoral college be abolished? -- Commentary: Watergate affair (1972-1975) -- Politics and morality: Should moral principle matter in politics? -- Should the president be able to keep secrets?-- Commentary: The case of President Clinton: Politics and morality: Can a sitting president be criminally indicted? -- v. 3. Economics: Ecomomic systems: Is the free market the best form of economic organization? -- Does capitalism inevitably lead to income inequity and environmental destruction? -- Commentary: Rise and fall of communism: Does privatization always benefit consumers? -- Will IT and the internet create a new economy? -- Commentary: Argumentation skills: Government and economic policy: Does government intervention do more harm than good? -- Commentary: "Reaganomics:"; Should welfare be abolished? -- Is the minimum wage fair? -- Should wealth redistribution be part of a government policy? -- Commentary: Stock and financial markets: Trade and Economics: Is globalization inevitable? -- Are protectionist trade policies ever a good idea? -- Commentary: International economic organizations: Is the world trade organization fair to poor countries? -- Should rich countries cancel "Third world debt?"; -- Commentary: East Asia crisis -- Business ethics: Should governments intervene to protect consumers? -- Should companies be more ethical in their dealings? -- Commentary: Multinational corporations and their role in world economics: Does advertising benefit both consumers and producers? -- Commentary: Speaking skills. -- v. 4. Environment: Issues and options: Does global warming threaten mankind? -- Should human population be stabilized? -- Are famine and hunger avoidable? Is organic food better than other food? -- Do national parks preserve wilderness? -- Commentary: Global warming: Economic forces: Should corporations pay the full environmental costs of producing their goods? Can a "Pay to pollute"; system significantly reduce air polution? -- Can wind and solar resources meet our energy needs? -- Will hydrogen replace oil as our primary energy source? -- Environmental: Do corporations have a moral responsibility to Nature? -- Do the benefits of nuclear power outweigh the risks? -- Is genetically modified food safe enough to feed the world's population? -- Commentary: Genetic modification: Are zoos morally wrong? -- Should we clone endangered species? -- Commentary: How to write an essay: Should government encourage the use of public transportation through subsidies? -- Should corporations be socially responsible? -- v. 5. Science: Genetics: Should genes be patented? -- Should it be legal to clone human beings? -- Commentary: History of Cloning: Is gene manipulation wrong? -- Should U.S. privacy laws include genetic testing? Commentary: Critical thinking: Medicine and health: Do complementary and alternative medicine work? -- Should government limit the price of drugs? -- Should organ replacement be a commercial enterprise? -- Can the origins of HIV/AIDS be traced to the polio vaccine? -- Should the conduct of doctors be monitored? -- Should doctors be able to assist in euthanasia? -- Commentary: Euthanasia: Should religion affect parents' medical decisions? -- Should medical research on animals be allowed? -- Science and the future: Does humankind maintain the diversity of species on Earth? -- Should scientists be responsible for the effects of their inventions? -- Should governments continue to fund space exploration? -- Should humans colonize the oceans before other planets? -- Commentary: Story of space exploration. -- v. 6. Media: Media and society: Should the media be subject to censorship? -- Commentary: Censorship in the media: Do newsmakers have a right to privacy? -- Do people watch too much television? -- Does the V-chip work? -- Does movie and television violence cause social violence? -- Do the media encourage a distorted body image? -- Commentary: Eating disorders: Advertising and the media: Is advertising too powerful in American society? -- Is advertising to children morally wrong? -- Should tobacco advertising be banned? -- Commentary: Tobacco industry: Does advertising threaten objective journalism? -- Is there too much political advertising? -- Commentary: Presentation skills: New media: Should the internet be policed? -- Will the internet create a global culture? -- Does napster encourage copyright infringement? -- Commentary: Copyright in the United States: Will E-publishing replace the traditional book? -- Will the internet make libraries obsolete? -- v. 7. The Constitution -- v. 8. U.S. foreign policy -- v. 9. Criminal law and the penal system -- v. 10. Health -- v. 11. Family and society -- v. 12. Arts and culture -- v. 13. U.S. history -- v. 14. International development -- v. 15. Human rights -- v. 16. Education -- v. 17. New science -- v. 18. Commerce and trade |
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Social problems.
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Social history.
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Social institutions.
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Applied sociology.
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Science.
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Sociology.
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| Added Author |
McFall, Sally.
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Grolier Educational (Firm)
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Grolier Incorporated.
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| ISBN |
0717256383 (set : v. 1-6) |
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0717259331 v. 18 |
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0717259560 v. 24 |
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