The Welfare Debate

Greg Shaw

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• Welfare politics have now been part of American life for four centuries. Beyond a persistent general idea that Americans have a collective obligation ... Lees meer

The Torture and Prisoner Abuse Debate

Laura Finley

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• Revelations about U.S. torture and prisoner abuse in blatant violation of the long-established and universally recognized Geneva Conventions have horr... Lees meer

Genetic Engineering

Mark Herring

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• Genetic engineering has quickly become one of the more controversial issues of our time. Herring provides a detailed history of the debate in a fair a... Lees meer

Separation of Church and State

Jonathan Wright

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• This tour of the American church/state issue revisits past controversies and personalities in the hope of enlightening present-day debates. Examining ... Lees meer

Affirmative Action

John Johnson

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• Affirmative Action recounts the fascinating history of a civil rights provision considered vital to protecting and promoting equality, but still bitte... Lees meer

Capital Punishment

Joseph Melusky, Keith Pesto

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• This balanced approach to legal precedent and moral argument regarding the death penalty presents the evidence so readers can reach their own informed... Lees meer

Alternative Energy

Brian Black, Richard Flarend

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• An exceptionally timely volume that weighs the costs and benefits of alternative energy sources and their implications for reducing energy consumption... Lees meer

Prostitution and Sex Work

Melissa Ditmore

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• A fascinating overview of prostitution and sex work in the United States, from the Colonial era to today, examines the issue as it affects men, women,... Lees meer

Same-Sex Marriage

Allene Phy-Olsen

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• The same-sex marriage debate is currently a central preoccupation of Western society, and both those for and against it have their points of view. Aft... Lees meer

Juvenile Justice

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• Throughout U.S. history, attitudes toward young people have vacillated between fear of and fear for. These attitudes impact social programs for youth,... Lees meer

The Pro-Life/Choice Debate

Mark y Herring

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• While the disagreements on abortion date to the beginning of our country, most of its public debate has taken place during the 20th century. Herring e... Lees meer

Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design

Allene Phy Olsen

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• This work of historical exploration examines America's conflicts as it has attempted to maintain its founding principles of freedom of thought and sep... Lees meer

Three Strikes Laws

Jennifer Walsh

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• In the mid-1990s, policymakers in more than half the states and the federal government responded to escalating crime rates and a series of sensational... Lees meer

The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate

Demetra Pappas

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• This revealing volume explores recent historical perspectives on the modern euthanasia and assisted-suicide debate and the political arenas in which i... Lees meer

Global Warming

Brian Black, Gary Weisel

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• Tracing scientific ideas about the structure of Earth, Global Warming creates an intellectual portrait of the shifts in thinking that have led to the ... Lees meer

The Gambling Debate

Richard McGowan

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• The great majority of Americans--more than 80%--say they approve of gambling, even if they themselves don't gamble. Still, deep divisions persist in o... Lees meer

Gun Control and Gun Rights

Constance Crooker

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• Roots of the gun control debate date back to our country's founding. Attorney Constance Crooker traces this debate from its origin to the present day.... Lees meer

The Healthcare Debate

Greg M Shaw

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• With the debate over health care consuming the nation, this timely book looks at the evolution of healthcare policy in the United States throughout it... Lees meer

Censorship

Mark Paxton

• Hardcover | Engels | Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America
• Ever since the Bill of Rights became the cornerstone on which individual Americans' rights and liberties rest, the practical realities of honoring the... Lees meer