Taking sides : clashing views on political issues / edited by George McKenna & Stanley Feingold
Series: Contemporary learning seriesPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2006Edition: 15th edition, expandedDescription: xxviii, 482 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780073514956
- 0073515052
- 1080580X
- 320.973 23 TAK
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Contents;
Part 1. Democracy and the American Political Process
Issue 1. Should Americans believe in a Unique American "Mission"?
Issue 2. Is Democracy the answer to Global Terrorism?
Issue 3. Should Electoral college be abolished?
Issue 4.Do the Media Have a Liberal Bias?
Issue 5. Should America Adopt Public Financing of Political Campaigns?
Part 2. The Institutions Government
Issue 6. Is Congress Barred from Regulating Commerce within a State?
Issue 7. Should the Courts seek the "Original meaning " of the constitution?
Issue 8. May the President Wiretap without a warrant to Protect National Security?
Part 3. Social Change and Public Policy
Issue 9. Is Capital Punishment Justified
Issue 10. Does affirmative action Advance Racial Equality?
Issue 11. Is "Middle Eastern" profiling Ever Justified?
Issue 12. Should Abortion be Restricted?
Issue 13. Are Tax Cuts Good for America?
issue 14. Is America Becoming more unequal?
Issue 15. Does the Patriot Act Abridge Essential Freedom?
Issue 16. Stopping Illegal Immigration : Should Border Security Come First?
Part 4. America and the World
Issue 17. Is Free Trade Fair Trade?
Issue 18. Does the war in Iraq Help the War against Terrorism?
Issue 19. Is the use of Torture Against Terrorist Suspects Ever Justified?
Issue 20. Does the United Nations Promote World Peace and Security?
Issue 21. Must America Exercise World Leadership?
Includes bibliographical references.
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