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9. The Civil War: opposing viewpoints
10. The creation of the constitution: opposing viewpoints
11. Isolationism: opposing viewpoints
12. Reconstruction: opposing viewpoints
13. The civil rights movement: opposing viewpoints
14. The women's rights movement: opposing viewpoints
16. African Americans: opposing viewpoints
17. Asian Americans: opposing viewpoints
18. World War II: opposing viewpoints
19. Biomedical ethics: opposing viewpoints
21. Native Americans: opposing viewpoints
22. The Vietnam war: opposing viewpoints
23. Epidemics: opposing viewpoints
24. Human nature: opposing viewpoints
25. Africa: opposing viewpoints
27. The Middle East: opposing viewpoints
31. Sex: opposing viewpoints
34. Gangs: opposing viewpoints
37. Race relations: opposing viewpoints
46. Gun violence: opposing viewpoints
47. The homeless: opposing viewpoints
48. Pornography: opposing viewpoints
49. Religion in America: opposing viewpoints
52. Black magic and witches
53. Chemical dependency: opposing viewpoints
55. Death and dying: opposing viewpoints
56. Discrimination
61. Paranormal phenomena: opposing viewpoints
65. Welfare
69. Genetic engineering: opposing viewpoints
70. Hate groups
79. Africa
81. Censorship: opposing viewpoints
82. Constructing a life philosophy
84. Education: opposing viewpoints
85. Epidemics
86. The ethics of euthanasia
87. Extremist groups: opposing viewpoints
89. Israel
91. Male/female roles
92. Mass media
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Presents a collection of twenty-five opposing viewpoints on the creation of the Patriot Act following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and addresses issues of its effectiveness to national security, whether or not it violates civil liberties, and the questions of its being amended or terminated.
95. Population: opposing viewpoints
96. Race relations
101. Tobacco and smoking
105. Abortion: opposing viewpoints
106. Adoption
107. Advertising
108. Afghanistan
110. Animal rights: an opposing viewpoints guide
111. Cars in America
112. The Catholic Church
113. China
116. The death penalty: an opposing viewpoints guide
117. Democracy
118. Energy alternatives
119. Energy alternatives: an opposing viewpoints guide
126. Humanity's future
127. Illegal immigration
128. Immigration
129. Interracial America: opposing viewpoints
130. Iran
132. Obesity: opposing viewpoints
133. Oil
134. Pollution: opposing viewpoints
137. Prostitution and sex trafficking
138. Religion in America
139. Rogue nations
145. Alternative medicine
148. Assisted suicide: an opposing viewpoints guide
149. Biomedical ethics
152. Endangered species
154. Gun control
155. The homeless
156. Hunting
158. Mental illness
162. North & South Korea
163. Opposing viewpoints in American history: from colonial times to Reconstruction
165. Reproductive technologies
168. Africa
170. America's youth
172. Coal
174. Discrimination
175. Divorce
176. Eco-architecture
179. Feminism
181. Global resources
182. Health care
185. Medicine
187. The pharmaceutical industry
191. Resurgent diseases
192. School policies
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From Booklist: "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model-not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections-by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens-include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations-all up to date...
200. Welfare
203. The aging population
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This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate society's prevailing attitudes regarding the aging population, the extent that government and business should support the aging population, the contributions of an aging population, and whether it is beneficial to slow human aging.
205. American values
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"For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes covering nearly every controversial contemporary topic, Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format. The viewpoints are selected from a wide...
207. Behavioral disorders
209. Childbirth
210. Consumerism
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From the Publisher: Each volume in the Contemporary Issues Companion series provides readers with a wealth of information on topics of current interest. Focusing on important social issues, each anthology examines its subject in a variety of ways, from personal statistical articles to the most relevant commentaries and overview. Every essay is introduced with a brief summary of its main points and biographical information about the author, while...
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From the Publisher: "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model-not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections-by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens-include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations-all up...
215. Cyber crime
216. Domestic violence
217. Endangered oceans
218. The environment
223. Genetic disorders
224. Genetic engineering
225. Girls and sports
226. Government spending
227. Health
228. Immigration
237. Men and masculinity
239. Nanotechnology
240. The North and South poles
241. Organ donation
242. Outsourcing
244. Refugees
245. Renewable energy
246. Russia
250. Video games
253. The achievement gap
255. Alternative lending
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From Booklist: "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model-not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections-by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens-include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations-all up to date...
258. The banking crisis
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From the Publisher's website: For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes covering nearly every controversial contemporary topic, Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format. The viewpoints...
260. Cars in America
261. The Catholic Church
262. Celebrity culture
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This volume explores the topics relating to celebrity culture by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
263. Censorship
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From the Publisher's Website: For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes covering nearly every controversial contemporary topic, Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format. The viewpoints...
265. Debt
267. Energy alternatives
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This volume explores the topics relating to the adoption of international children by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions....
275. Mandatory minimum sentencing
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This volume explores the topics relating to the Middle East peace process by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
278. Obesity
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This volume explores the topics relating to obesity by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
280. Political campaigns
281. Political campaigns
284. Privacy
287. Social justice
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From Booklist: "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model-not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections-by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens-include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations-all up to date...
288. Social security
289. Student life
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This volume explores the topic of student life by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that surround this issue. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
292. Universal health care
293. Veterans
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This volume explores the topics relating to war veterans in the United States by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. It allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions....
294. War crimes
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This volume explores the topics relating to war crimes by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
297. Antibiotics
299. Artificial intelligence
300. Chemical dependency
303. Coal
305. Cosmetic surgery
306. The death penalty
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This volume explores the topic of the death penalty by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that surround this issue. The editors investigate topics such as whether capital punishment is legally and morally just or unjust, how much of a safeguard it is to society, and whether it is applied fairly. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications....
309. Election spending
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This volume explores the topics relating to election spending by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
314. Gays in the military
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This volume explores the topic of gays in the military by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that surround this issue. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
315. Illegal immigration
317. Judicial activism
318. Mental illness
321. Pacifism
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This volume explores the topics relating to pacifism by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The selected articles discuss many aspects relating to people who do not think war or violence is a good way to stop a fight or to get ahead of someone, especially in terms of war and the military. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources...
323. Pollution
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This volume explores topics relating to environmental pollution by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
324. Pollution
328. School funding
330. Stem cells
332. The Taliban
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Several articles discuss issues surrounding the Afghanistan war.
This volume explores the topic of the Taliban by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that surround this issue. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse...
333. Tasers
335. Television
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This volume explores the topics relating to television by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The selected articles discuss many societal aspects relating to television viewing and the television industry. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking...
339. Urban America
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This volume explores topics relating to urban reform by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. Urban reform refers to a loosely knit set of municipal government and citizen group initiatives aimed at improving city life. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical...
342. AIDS
343. Alternative medicine
345. Cloning
347. Democracy
350. Health care
355. The minimum wage
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This volume explores the topics relating to the minimum wage, the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers, by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise this issue. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills...
357. NASA
361. Renewable energy
362. Teenage sexuality
363. Tobacco and smoking
367. Abortion
369. Cuba
371. Dietary supplements
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This title addresses controversies related to dietary supplements, including: how should dietary supplements be regulated; are vitamin and mineral supplements beneficial; are weight-loss supplements and athletic supplements beneficial; how well do supplements treat different medical conditions.
For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes...
372. Doping
375. Human rights
378. Netiquette and online ethics
384. Professional athletes
385. Racial profiling
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This volume explores the topic of racial profiling or any police-initiated action that relies on the race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than the behavior of an individual. The editor presents varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that surround this issue. The authors debate the relevance of racial profiling in contemporary society in the following chapters: Does Racial Profiling Exist?, Should Arab Muslims Be Profiled...
386. Robotic technology
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"Opposing Viewpoints: Robotic Technology: This title addresses various issues related to robotic technology, centered around the questions of Is Robotic Technology Beneficial?, What Role Should Robotic Technology Play in War?, and What Are the Ethical, Legal and Moral Considerations Surrounding Robotic Technology?"--
387. Smartphones
391. American values
392. Anti-Semitism
393. Behavioral disorders
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"For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes covering nearly every controversial contemporary topic, Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format. The viewpoints are selected from a wide...
394. Birth defects
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"For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes covering nearly every controversial contemporary topic, Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format. The viewpoints are selected from a wide...
398. Education
400. The environment
401. Gender roles
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"For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes covering nearly every controversial contemporary topic, Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format. The viewpoints are selected from a wide...
404. Human genetics
406. Journalism
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This volume of opposing viewpoints discusses the changing face of journalism. The Internet has revolutionized the way we view media, and this text explores the ethical issues facing journalism today, how journalism should be practiced and journalists be protected, and the future of journalism in a rapidly evolving global Internet age.
For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue...
408. Medical testing
411. Organized crime
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This title explores whether organized crime presents a threat to the world today, how profitable some organized crime activities are, what policies should be implemented to address organized crime, and whether organized crime has moved to online. - See more at: http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=191910543736754598214609775921354023794&N=197+4294904758&Ntk=P_EPI#sthash.46PB9NSI.dpuf.
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413. Religious Liberty
419. Celebrity culture
424. Euthanasia
425. Government gridlock
430. Scientific research
431. Tobacco and smoking
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Smoking is a hot button subject, especially when movies, T.V. and online shows, ads, and celebrities are shown partaking in long, dramatic drags from cigarettes and other smoking devices. While you need to be 18 years old to smoke legally in the U.S., when lead characters of a younger are seen smoking, the double messages abound. This volume carefully explores real and perceived teen rights related to tobacco and smoking. Readers will learn whether...
433. Voting rights
434. Women's health
436. World peace
438. Breast cancer
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"The national debate over the legalization of marijuana is heating up as states begin to legalize its use for medicinal and recreational purposes. The title in the Greenhaven series deepens the discussion on marijuana-should it be legal or not? Does it help or harm users? Should medicinal use only be allowed? Answers to these questions will be debated for years to come"--provided by the publisher.
441. Mental illness
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"Each title in the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format; the viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find publications"--
"Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"--...
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This title in the Opposing Viewpoints series investigates the seriousness of sexual assault on college campuses. Topics covered include why sexual assaults happen on campus, how is the problem being addressed, are the assault cases being handled properly, and what solutions need to be put in place to decrease the number of campus assaults.
445. The US military
447. Immigration bans
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Recent world events have brought the issue of immigration to the forefront of media and journalism, cultural debates, and political campaigns. Calls for regulation are criticized as racist and xenophobic by some and deemed necessary by others. This resource addresses important questions surrounding the issue: How do immigration bans affect different groups? How can nations reconcile humanitarian and security concerns for refugees? How much of the...
448. Mass incarceration
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The number of Americans who live behind bars has increased by 550 percent over the last 40 years. This has been the result of aggressive tough-on-crime legislation that had more harmful effects than lawmakers could have foreseen. Experts now see the problem but disagree on the solutions. Does incarceration limit crime, or does it simply feed into a cycle of problems that harm society and create a criminal class? Are sentences and rehabilitation programs...
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Something remarkable emerged as a result of the Great Recession of the early twenty-first century: a sharing economy. Among the loss of jobs and mortgages and uncertainty about the future, people got creative with the way they earnedand spenttheir money. Democratic platforms like Uber and Airbnb have skyrocketed in popularity, prompting tighter government regulations. But are they the answer to an economy increasingly controlled by giant corporations?...
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The video game industry is big business, and with the improvement of Virtual Reality technology, video games will only become more realistic and immersive. Fears abound that they drive their players to commit violent acts. While many people believe the games desensitize kids to violence, others argue that there has been no scientific connection between aggressive behavior and video games. Is immersion in violent video games a bridge to committing...
456. Corporate farming
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Corporate farms have solved so many of the worlds problems. In addition to making healthy food accessible and affordable to more people, they provide jobs in communities that sorely need them. But do corporations have too much power over food? Do they benefit from unfair tax breaks? Are their profit-driven practices hurting the environment, perhaps irreparably? And what does their success mean for the family farmer?
457. Identity politics
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"In an age of divisiveness, perhaps more than America has seen in decades, identity politics has taken its share of the blame. Those who have cheered on progressive ideology often write off detractors as racists, homophobes, and misogynists. And those who rail against political correctness often feel their own voices are not being heard or, worse, are being censored. Do identity politics come at a cost to national empathy and unity? Or do they reflect...