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Issues for Debate in Sociology is now available through CourseSmart. Request an online exam copy today.
Celebrity Culture: Are Americans too focused on celebrities?; Future of Marriage: Is traditional matrimony going out of style?; Reducing Your Carbon Footprint: Can individual actions reduce global warming?
These are just a few of the provocative questions contested in Issues for Debate in Sociology. This engaging reader allows students to see an issue from all sides and to think critically about topics that matter to them. Classroom discussion will never be dull again!
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A Pro/Con box that examines two competing sides of a single question; A detailed chronology of key dates and events; An annotated bibliography and Web resources; Outlook sections that address possible regulation and initiatives from Capitol Hill and the White House over the next 5 to 10 years; Photos, charts, graphs, and maps
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Gender Pay Gap: Are Women Paid Fairly in the Workplace?
Gender Pay Gap: Are Women Paid Fairly in the Workplace?
An insult to my dignity” is the way Lilly Ledbetter described it.1 For 19 years, she worked at the Goodyear Tire plant in Gadsden, Ala., one of a handful of women among the roughly 80 people who held the same supervisory position she did. Over the years, unbeknownst to ...
