Taking sides. Clashing views on social issues / Kurt Finsterbusch.

Unit 1
Culture and Values
Is it necessary to become less consumerist?
Does social media have largely positive impacts on its users?
Unit 2
Sex Roles, Gender and the Family
Is the American family in trouble?
Can women have it all?
Is same-sex marriage harmful to America?
Unit 3
Stratification and Inequality
Is increasing economic inequaliity a serious problem?
Has America made substantial progress in the rights of blacks?
Has gender equality come a long way?
Unit 4
Politcal Economy and Institutions
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?
Are charter schools better than public schools?
Will the fourth industrial revolution bring about a wonderful world?
Unit 5
Crime and Social Control
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?
Unit 6
The Future : Population/Environment/Society
Does immigration benefit the economy?
Is humankind dangerously harming the environment?
Should America have a progressive international role in the world?