Contains over twenty essays in which various authors examine topics related to capital punishment, discussing the administration of the death penalty, innocents on death row, and other issues.
A collection of eleven complementary essays written alternately by the African-American and Japanese-American authors, in which they discuss their own backgrounds and argue that affirmative action is the best way to bring about an end to racial, gender, and economic bias in America.
Profiles more than 250 of America's most influential public advocacy groups, with assessments of group effectiveness, group political orientation, contact information, mission statements, membership information, publication lists, current concerns, and methods of advocacy.
Contains one hundred reprinted documents, including government reports, presidential directives, speeches, newspaper articles, court rulings, and trial transcripts, which trace the history of modern terrorism around the world.
A study of contemporary environmental politics, discussing air and water pollution regulation, toxic and hazardous substances, nuclear energy, the battle for public lands, global environmentalism, and other topics.
A compilation of primary and secondary source materials, including graphs, quotes, articles, and charts, that provides information about gambling in the United States, covering supply and demand, casinos, lotteries, and sports and Internet gambling.
