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Taking sides : clashing views on political issues / edited by George McKenna & Stanley Feingold - 14th edition, expanded. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2006. - xxviii, 482 p. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary learning series .

Contents;

Part 1. Democracy and the American Political Process
Issue 1. Is there to much Democracy in the World?
Issue 2. Do Political Campaigns Promote Good Governance
Issue 3. Is there an Emerging Democratic Majority
Issue 4. Do the Media have a Liberal Bias

Part 2. The Institutions Government
Issue 5. Is Congress Barred from Regulating Commerce within a State
Issue 6. Is the Filibuster of Judicial Nominees Justifiable?


Part 3. Social Change and Public Policy
Issue 7. Is Capital Punishment Justified
Issue 8. Do we need Tougher Gun Control Laws?
Issue 9. Does affirmative action Advance Racial Equality?
Issue 10. Should the President be Allowed to Detain Citizens Identified in Wartime?
Issue 11. Is "Middle Eastern" profiling Ever Justified?
Issue 12. Should Hate Speech be Punished?
Issue 13. Should there be a Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage?
issue 14. Should Abortion be Restricted?
Issue 15. Are Tax Cuts Good for America?
Issue 16. Is America Becoming more unequal?
Issue 17. Does the Patriot Act Abridge Essential Freedom?
Issue 18. Should America Restrict Immigration?

Part 4. America and the World
Issue 19. Is Free Trade Fair Trade?
Issue 20. Was the Invasion of Iraq Justified?
Issue 21. Must America Exercise World Leadership?
Issue 22. Does the United Nations Promote World Peace and Security?
Issue 23. Are "Faith-Based Initiatives" Fair and Workable?


Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN: 9780073514956 0073514950

ISSN: 1080580X

LCCN: 2017446011

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Politics--United States.
United States - Politics and Government--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Dewey Class. No.: 320.973 / TAK