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_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. | ||
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_aNew York : _bMcGraw-Hill, _cc2011. |
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_axxx, 380 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm. |
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| 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? | |
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_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2009- |
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| 700 | 1 | _aMcKenna, George. | |
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_aFeingold, Stanley, _d1926- |
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| 830 | 0 | _aMcGraw-Hill contemporary learning series. | |
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