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Truly comprehensive in scope - and arranged in A-Z format for quick access - this eight-volume set is a one-source reference for anyone researching the historical and contemporary details of more than 170 major issues confronting American society. Entries cover the full range of hotly contested social issues - including economic, scientific, environmental, criminal, legal, security, health, and media topics. Each entry discusses the historical origins of the problem or debate; past means used to deal with the issue; the current controversy surrounding the issue from all perspectives; and the near-term and future implications for society. In addition, each entry includes a chronology, a bibliography, and a directory of Internet resources for further research as well as primary documents and statistical tables highlighting the debates.
| Introduction | |
| Topic Finder | |
| Cross Reference Index | |
| Contributors | |
| Preface and How-to-Use this Encyclopedia | |
| Abortion and Reproductive Issues | |
| Academic Freedom | |
| Adoption | |
| Advertising, Children's | |
| Affirmative Action | |
| Ageism | |
| AIDS/HIV | |
| Air Pollution | |
| Air Travel: Safety, Security, and Service | |
| Alcohol and Alcoholism | |
| Animal Rights | |
| Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Violence | |
| Anti-Semitism | |
| Arson | |
| Arts Funding and Censorship | |
| At-Risk Students: Higher Education | |
| Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder | |
| Autism | |
| Automobile and Highway Safety | |
| Bilingualism | |
| Birth Control | |
| Campaign Finance Reform | |
| Cancer | |
| Capital Punishment | |
| Census Issues | |
| Cheating, Academic | |
| Child Abuse and Molestation | |
| Child Labor | |
| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | |
| Church-State Separation | |
| Civil Liberties | |
| Civil Rights | |
| Coastal Pollution and Wetlands Protection | |
| College Sports | |
| Computer Crime and Hacking | |
| Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy | |
| Corporal Punishment | |
| Corporate Crime | |
| Corporate Downsizing | |
| Crime | |
| Criminal Rights | |
| Cults and Alternative Religions | |
| Defense Spending and Preparedness | |
| Deforestation and Logging | |
| Disability Rights | |
| Divorce and Child Custody | |
| Domestic Violence | |
| Drought and Aquifer Depletion | |
| Drug Abuse | |
| Drugs, War on | |
| Eating Disorders | |
| Energy Dependency | |
| Environmental Justice | |
| Environmentally Induced Illnesses | |
| Euthanasia | |
| Evolution Education | |
| Extinction and Species Loss: Biota Invasion and Habitat Destruction | |
| Farm Issues | |
| Food and Drug Safety | |
| Foster Care | |
| Gambling | |
| Gangs | |
| Gay and Lesbian Rights | |
| Genetic Engineering | |
| Gentrification | |
| Global Warming | |
| Gulf War Syndrome and Other Veterans' Illnesses | |
| Gun Violence and Gun Control | |
| Hate Crimes | |
| Hate Radio and Internet | |
| Hate Speech | |
| Healthcare Reform | |
| Heart Disease and Cardiology | |
| Homelessness | |
| Housing, Affordable | |
| Human Experimentation | |
| Identity Theft | |
| Immigration Policy and Law | |
| Immigration, Illegal | |
| Indoor Air Pollution | |
| Infectious Disease and Epidemics | |
| Infrastructure Deterioration | |
| Intellectual Property Rights | |
| Journalistic Ethics | |
| Judicial Reform | |
| Juvenile Justice | |
| Legal Services for the Poor | |
| Literacy | |
| Mandatory Sentencing | |
| Marijuana | |
| Mass Transit | |
| Media Bias | |
| Media Consolidation | |
| Media Sex and Violence | |
| Medical Malpractice Reform | |
| Medicare and Medicaid Reform | |
| Medicine, Complementary and Alternative | |
| Mental Illness | |
| Migrant Workers | |
| Militia Movement | |
| Minimum and Living Wages | |
| Money Laundering | |
| Native Americans and Government Policy | |
| Natural Disasters and Disaster Relief | |
| Needle Exchange Programs | |
| Noise Pollution | |
| Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) Issues | |
| Nuclear Power and Waste | |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| Obesity | |
| Occupational Safety and Health | |
| Organ and Tissue Transplants | |
| Organic Foods | |
| Organized Crime | |
| Plagiarism, Literary and Artistic | |
| Police Abuse and Corruption | |
| Pornography | |
| Poverty and Wealth | |
| Prison Reform and Prisoner Rights | |
| Privacy | |
| Prostitution | |
| Public Opinion Polling | |
| Racial Profiling | |
| Rape | |
| Recycling and Conservation | |
| Redlining, Loan Discrimination, and Predatory Lending | |
| Rioting | |
| School Standards and Testing | |
| School Violence | |
| School Vouchers and Privatization | |
| Scientific Research Ethics | |
| Secrecy, Government | |
| Sex Education | |
| Sexual Harassment | |
| Single Parenting and Out-of-Wedlock Births | |
| Social Security Reform | |
| Space Exploration | |
| Special Education | |
| Stem Cell Research | |
| Stress | |
| Students1 Rights | |
| Suicide | |
| Superstores vs. Main Street | |
| Sweatshops | |
| Taxes and Tax Reform | |
| Term Limits | |
| Terrorism, Domestic | |
| Terrorism, Foreign | |
| Terrorism, War on | |
| Tobacco | |
| Tort Reform | |
| Toxic Waste | |
| Traffic Congestion | |
| Unemployment | |
| Unions | |
| Urban Sprawl | |
| Voluntarism and Volunteering | |
| Voting Issues | |
| Waste Disposal | |
| Water Pollution | |
| Weapons of Mass Destruction | |
| Welfare and Welfare Reform | |
| Wilderness Protection | |
| Women's Rights | |
| Xenophobia and Nativism | |
| Index | |
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ISBN: 9780765680617
ISBN-10: 0765680610
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Published: 1st March 2006
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Dimensions (cm): 27.9 x 21.6
x 2.1
Weight (kg): 7.602
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