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Social Issues in America (Contemporary, with historical background)Edited by James Ciment Includes: Topic Finder, A-Z entries, tables, figures, chronologies, glossaries, references and Internet sources, primary documents, master bibliography Reviews: “More than 150 key social issues confronting the United States are covered.... The set covers each topic in impressive detail.... A good buy for libraries catering to students of history and social science.” Library Journal “[A] well-executed introduction to the political, social and economic problems facing the United States today.... This excellent tool will serve readers in high school, public and college libraries.” Gale Reference Reviews “[P]rovides a rich source of information on social issues in American society.... The entries are clear and well written, treating each topic succinctly and at the same time giving full attention to the central concepts of the issue.... [M]akes an excellent starting point for undergraduates searching for information on social issues; they will find not only succinct summaries of the concepts, but also some important data and references to pursue for more depth. Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and general readers.” Choice “The content of the encyclopedia is outstanding and a pleasure to read. Entries... pack a tremendous amount of information into a small number of pages. ... Social Issues in America provides the substance of an issue in an efficient and thought-provoking way. Recommended.” Reference & User Services Quarterly
“Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia has been designed for ease of use and with the intent of being a helpful starting point for exploring high interest issues. That it succeeds so effectively is a compliment to Mr. Ciment and his collaborators. Libraries where social issues are an area of interest or a focus of student research would be well served by considering this set.” Against the Grain Description: Comprehensive in scope, packed with information, and up-to-date in coverage, this monumental compilation is a one-source reference for anyone researching the essential terms and concepts, historical antecedents, and contemporary expressions of major issues confronting American society. More than 170 entries cover the full range of hotly contested social issues in America today—everything from abortion, academic freedom, and affirmative action to consumer debt, homeland security, illegal immigration, poverty and wealth, reproductive rights, and terrorism. Each entry discusses the historical origins of a particular debate or controversy; the means for dealing with it in the past; current perspectives and arguments; and the implications for society in the near- and long-term future. In addition to an in-depth discussion and analysis, entries include tables and figures, a chronology, list of published references and Internet resources, glossary, and selection of pertinent primary documents. An extensive Master Bibliography provides an unparalleled research tool for further exploration. Contents: 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 Surveillance 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 Health Care 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 Students’ Rights Suicide Superstores vs. Main Street Sweatshops Taxes and Tax Reform Term Limits Terrorism, Domestic Terrorism, Foreign Terrorism, War on Tobacco Tort Reform Torture Toxic Waste Traffic Congestion Unemployment Unions Urban Sprawl Veterans Care and Benefits 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 |
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