government policy

Contains twenty essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to affirmative action, discussing gender, housing, employment, and college admissions; and including contact information for organizations and a bibliography.

James Peck examines documents from the CIA, the National Security Council, the Pentagon, and development agencies, tracing the history of human rights in the United States from the Cold War to the War on Terror, and discussing how the human rights movement has been impacted by Washington.

Provides young readers with a clear understanding of one of the most important, talked-about, and defining subjects of our era, how stimulus plans work.

Explores the specific issue of the banking crisis through a wide range of highly respected expert opinions in a unique pro-con format. Promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking.

Presents three distinct viewpoints that seek to define the Second Amendment, important court cases and acts that have challenged this amendment, and the recent debate over the individual versus collective rights of gun ownership.

Collects twelve critical essays that offer varying perspectives on issues that relate to affirmative action, and discusses diversity, the fairness of mainstream media, Barack Obama's candidacy, and more.

Introduces a discussion on America's infrastructure from a variety of perspectives, and details an overview of standards in the twenty-first century, areas of deficiency, and suggestions to improve things.

Contains twenty-two essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to families, including characteristics of the modern family, dilemmas faced by would-be parents, divorce, and governmental policies, and provides discussion questions, contact information for organizations, and bibliographies.

Essays from various sources provide a wide range of opinions on policing the Internet, discussing monitoring of teenagers, government regulations, cyberterrorism, identity theft, pornography, social networking sites, and cyberbullying.

Contains twelve essays in which the authors present a wide range of viewpoints on the issue of marijuana use; and includes a bibliography and an annotated list of relevant organizations.