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Affirmative Action recounts the fascinating history of a civil rights provision considered vital to protecting and promoting equality, but still bitterly contested in the courtsand in the court of public opinion.

"Special consideration" or "reverse discrimination"

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An exceptionally timely volume that weighs the costs and benefits of alternative energy sources and their implications for reducing energy consumption.

As this book makes clear, civilization cannot long continue to ride on an oil slick.

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This balanced approach to legal precedent and moral argument regarding the death penalty presents the evidence so readers can reach their own informed conclusions.

Capital Punishment examines the debate around the death penalty, raising questions and attempting to provide an even-handed examination of this controversial practice.

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Ever since the Bill of Rights became the cornerstone on which individual Americans' rights and liberties rest, the practical realities of honoring the grand principles of the First Amendment have been hotly contested, and none more so than freedom of expression.

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This work of historical exploration examines America's conflicts as it has attempted to maintain its founding principles of freedom of thought and separation of church and state, while nevertheless remaining the most traditionally religious of modern nations.

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Narrative chapters cover such topics as the Human Genome Project, gene splicing, cloning, genetically altered foods, and DNA and crime-solving.

Students and the general public will find a comprehensive survey of the genetic engineering debate.

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Tracing scientific ideas about the structure of Earth, Global Warming creates an intellectual portrait of the shifts in thinking that have led to the current controversy, enabling readers to make up their own minds on this important issue.

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How did hot-button issues develop How did these issues grow into debated controversies within American society This work traces the historical roots and key aspects of questions that Americans have found of importance in shaping our way of life. It offers the history behind the controversial goals and development of the juvenile justice system.

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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, and transgender individuals of all races and classes.

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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.

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This tour of the American church/state issue revisits past controversies and personalities in the hope of enlightening present-day debates.

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This revealing volume explores recent historical perspectives on the modern euthanasia and assisted-suicide debate and the political arenas in which it has unfolded.

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Meanwhile, Internet gambling, more or less regulated at home, has found willing government sponsors abroadremoving an ever-larger segment of the industry from U.S. government jurisdiction and recasting the gambling debate.

Using this book, citizens can:

Learn the ethical and rhetorical framework of the gambling debate.

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With the debate over health care consuming the nation, this timely book looks at the evolution of healthcare policy in the United States throughout its history.

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Revelations about U.S. torture and prisoner abuse in blatant violation of the long-established and universally recognized Geneva Conventions have horrified most Americans.

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How did hot-button issues develop How did these issues grow into passionately debated controversies within American society This series contains volumes which trace the historical roots and aspects of questions that Americans have found of compelling importance in shaping our way of life.

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Walsh analyzes the historical development of the Three Strikes movement in the context of get tough sentencing reforms and provides detail about the various Three Strikes statutes adopted across the nation, while offering an in-depth exmamination of the controversies they have produced.