02574cam a2200397Ia 4500 99848 20230410143213.0 090907s2011 nyua 000 0 eng d (OCoLC)ocn436031127 BTCTA BTCTA YDXCP INO COO NBU EEK 9780078049927 (pbk.) 007804992X (pbk.) AU@ 000046279313 (OCoLC)436031127 n-us--- bT136 2011 GRAL Taking sides. Clashing views on political issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by George McKenna and Stanley Feingold. Clashing views on political issues Political issues 17th ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2011. xxx, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Contemporary learning series Includes bibliographical references. Unit 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? United States Politics and government 2009- McKenna, George. Feingold, Stanley, 1926- McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series. Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0008547837 YBP Library Services YANK 3204405 lcc bk MAT C0 DRFGD 97640 97640 0 0 lcc 0 0 APT BJB BJB APT 2023-04-10 0 T136 2011 00000095359 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 bk