Understanding Social Issues Critical Thinking and Analysis

Name: Understanding Social Issues Critical Thinking and Analysis
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ISBN: 9780205351084

ISBN-10: 0205351085

ISBN-13: 9780205351084

Edition: 6th 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Gai Berlage, William Egelman

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This supplemental text offers students the opportunity to do meaningful, hands-on research on current social issues, using contemporary and historical data. Utilizing an interactive workbook format, students are introduced to a number of interesting topics, such as the value of a college education and changing immigration patterns in the United States. Each module asks students to think about how each of these problems affects them personally and impacts society. By answering these types of questions, students come to understand that social issues are not made up of abstract concepts.

Book details

List price: $89.20
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/21/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Where Will You Be Living in Five Years?



Who's Bringing Up the Children?



Are Teenage Out-of-Wedlock Births a Social Problem?



Are Gender Roles Still Sex-Typed?



Is America a Drug Culture?



Two-Fisted Jane: Myth or Reality?



Does it Pay to Go to College?



Are We Still a Nation of Immigrants?



Does Equality Exist in America?



Can You Afford to Get Sick?



AIDS: The Modern Plague?



Are We Destroying Our Environment?



Are All Marriages Doomed to Fail?



Why Worry About the Rest of the World?