02315cam a2200301Ia 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230350024000640400044000880200025001320200022001570350021001790430012002000500015002122450138002272460039003652460021004042500013004252600037004383000034004754900033005095040041005425051283005836510050018667000021019167000030019378300046019679984820230410143213.0090907s2011    nyua          000 0 eng d  a(OCoLC)ocn436031127  aBTCTAcBTCTAdYDXCPdINOdCOOdNBUdEEK  a9780078049927 (pbk.)  a007804992X (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)436031127  an-us---14abT136 201100aTaking sides.pClashing views on political issues /cselected, edited, and with introductions by George McKenna and Stanley Feingold.30aClashing views on political issues30aPolitical issues  a17th ed.  aNew York :bMcGraw-Hill,cc2011.  axxx, 380 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.1 aContemporary learning series  aIncludes bibliographical references.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? 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty2009-1 aMcKenna, George.1 aFeingold, Stanley,d1926- 0aMcGraw-Hill contemporary learning series.