Presents 100 contentious public and private controversies of the sports world. This book illustrates how sports controversies reflect the historically enduring and changing nature of our broader cultures, and the social battles we engage on a day-to-day basis surrounding the struggles for equality, and debates about social violence.

This book overviews the most important topics and issues characterizing the role of business in today's society.

Included are alphabetically arranged entries on more than 70 critical issues or topics central to the role of business in our lives.

There are many controversial aspects of the US criminal justice system, which are highly relevant to debates about crime and justice globally. This encyclopedia examines the most significant controversies throughout history with emphasis on debates, trends, and issues. The entries include: Boot Camps, Corporal Punishment, and DNA Evidence.

Each of the approximately 100 entries examines a hot-button issuefrom war and peace to the culture warsand discusses, in a balanced and objective way, the points of view on these topics from all parts of the religious spectrum.