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050 1 4 _abT136 2011
049 _aGRAL
245 0 0 _aTaking sides.
_pClashing views on political issues /
_cselected, edited, and with introductions by George McKenna and Stanley Feingold.
246 3 0 _aClashing views on political issues
246 3 0 _aPolitical issues
250 _a17th ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bMcGraw-Hill,
_cc2011.
300 _axxx, 380 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aContemporary learning series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aUnit 1. Democracy and the American political process. Should Americans believe in a unique American "mission"? -- Is democracy the answer to global terrorism? -- Should America adopt public financing of political campaigns? -- Unit 2. The institutions of government. Does the president have unilateral war powers? -- Should the courts seek the "original meaning" of the Constitution? -- Is Congress a "broken branch"? -- Should the Senate filibuster be abolished? -- Should the president be allowed "executive privilege"? -- Unit 3. Social change and public policy. Does affirmative action advance racial equality? -- Should abortion be restricted? -- Do we need national health insurance? -- Is America becoming more unequal? -- Are Americans overtaxed? -- Is bigger government better government? -- Stopping illegal immigration: should border security come first? -- Should there be a "wall of separation" between church and state? -- Unit 4. America and the world. Is indefinite detention of suspected terrorists justified? -- Is Middle Eastern profiling ever justified? -- Is the use of torture against terrorist suspects ever justified? -- Is warrantless wiretapping in some cases justified to protect national security? -- Should the United States pull out of Afghanistan?
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y2009-
700 1 _aMcKenna, George.
700 1 _aFeingold, Stanley,
_d1926-
830 0 _aMcGraw-Hill contemporary learning series.
938 _aBaker and Taylor
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