social problems

A collection of essays by a variety of authors in which they present opposing viewpoints on eight social issues, including gun control, abortion, affirmative action, alcohol, the death penalty, assisted suicide, genetic engineering, and smoking.

Presents a guide for consumers to help identify questionable statistics stated even in the most respected publications that are often miscalculated, misinterpreted, hyped, or misleading. Includes common signs of dubious data as well as chapter notes and an index.

Contains debates on topics concerning the U.S. government including equality, democracy and capitalism, direct rule vs. representative democracy, federal bureaucracy, state governments, two-party system, separation of powers, electoral college, and more.

Offers arguments for and against topics related to poverty and wealth, including ethics and morality, social and economic issues, and international development.

Offers advice on how to understand social statistics and how to recognize bad statistics that are sometimes put out by the media, or special interest groups; and presents analyses of a selection of bad statistics.

Presents approximately 150 primary source documents, such as speeches, legislation, memoirs, newspaper articles, and interviews, related to government, politics, and protest between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries.

The author gives insights into rebuilding the family and making safe homes for the children.

Examines the issue of homelessness, discussing causes and possible solutions.

A discussion of the U.S. culture war over fundamental social and religious values, with articles and documents that provide examples of the phenomenon within the study of politics in the United States.