Social issues in America
Subtitle: an encyclopedia
By: James Ciment, editor
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Armonk, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2522
ISBN-13: 9780765682543
Subjects: Social problems; Encyclopedias; Social movements; Social conditions; Social policy; Problèmes sociaux; Encyclopédies; Mouvements sociaux; Conditions sociales; Politique sociale; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Human Services
Description: This work covers hotly contested social issues in America today-everything from abortion, academic freedom, and affirmative action to consumer debt, homeland security, illegal immigration, poverty and wealth, reproductive rights, and terrorism. Each entry discusses the historical origins of a particular debate or controversy; the means for dealing with it in the past; current perspectives and arguments; and the implications for society in the near- and long-term future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Abortion and Reproductive Issues; title: Academic Freedom; title: Adoption; title: Advertising, Children's; title: Affirmative Action; title: Ageism; title: AIDS/HIV; title: Air Pollution; title: Air Travel: Safety, Security, and Service; title: Alcohol and Alcoholism; title: Animal Rights; title: Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Violence; title: Anti-Semitism; title: Arson; title: Arts Funding and Censorship; title: At-Risk Students: Higher Education; title: Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder; title: Autism; title: Automobile and Highway Safety; title: Bilingualism; title: Birth Control; title: Campaign Finance Reform; title: Cancer; title: Capital Punishment; title: Census Issues; title: Cheating, Academic; title: Child Abuse and Molestation; title: Child Labor; title: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; title: Church-State Separation; title: Civil Liberties; title: Civil Rights; title: Coastal Pollution and Wetlands Protection; title: College Sports; title: Computer Crime and Hacking; title: Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy; title: Corporal Punishment; title: Corporate Crime; title: Corporate Downsizing; title: Crime; title: Criminal Rights; title: Cults and Alternative Religions; title: Defense Spending and Preparedness; title: Deforestation and Logging; title: Disability Rights; title: Divorce and Child Custody; title: Domestic Surveillance; title: Domestic Violence; title: Drought and Aquifer Depletion; title: DRUG ABUSE; title: Drugs, War On; title: Eating Disorders; title: Energy Dependency; title: Environmental Justice; title: Environmentally Induced Illnesses; title: Euthanasia; title: Evolution Education; title: Extinction and Species Loss: Biota Invasion and Habitat Destruction; title: Farm Issues; title: Foods and Drug Safety; title: Foster Care; title: Gambling; title: Gangs; title: Gay and Lesbian Rights; title: Genetic Engineering; title: Gentrification; title: Global Warming; title: Gulf War Syndrome and Other Veterans' Illnesses; title: Gun Violence and Gun Control; title: Hate Crimes; title: Hate Radio and Internet; title: Hate Speech; title: Health Care Reform; title: Heart Disease and Cardiology; title: Homelessness; title: Housing, Affordable; title: Human Experimentation; title: Identity Theft; title: Immigration Policy and Law; title: Immigration, Illegal; title: Indoor Air Pollution; title: Infectious Disease and Epidemics; title: Infrastructure Deterioration; title: Intellectual Property Rights; title: Journalistic Ethics; title: Judicial Reform; title: Juvenile Justice; title: Legal Services for the Poor; title: Literacy; title: Mandatory Sentencing; title: Marijuana; title: Mass Transit; title: Media Bias; title: Media Consolidation; title: Media Sex and Violence; title: Medical Malpractice Reform; title: Medicare and Medicaid Reform; title: Medicine, Complementary and Alternative; title: Mental Illness; title: Migrant Workers; title: Militia Movement; title: Minimum and Living Wages; title: Money Laundering; title: Native Americans and Government Policy; title: Natural Disasters and Disaster Relief; title: Needle Exchange Programs; title: Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) Issues; title: Nuclear Power and Waste; title: Nuclear Weapons; title: Obesity; title: Occupational Safety and Health; title: Organ and Tissue Transplants; title: Organic Foods; title: Organized Crime; title: Plagiarism, Literary and Artistic; title: Police Abuse and Corruption; title: Pornography; title: Poverty and Wealth; title: Prison Reform and Prisoner Rights; title: Privacy; title: Prostitution; title: Public Opinion Polling; title: Racial Profiling; title: Rape; title: Recycling and Conservation; title: Redlining, Loan Discrimination, and Predatory Lending; title: Rioting; title: School Standards and Testing; title: School Violence; title: School Vouchers and Privatization; title: Scientific Research Ethics; title: Secrecy, Government; title: Sex Education; title: Sexual Harassment; title: Single Parenting and Out-of-Wedlock Births; title: Social Security Reform; title: Space Exploration; title: Special Education; title: Stem Cell Research; title: Stress; title: Students' Rights; title: Suicide; title: Superstores vs. Main Street; title: Sweatshops; title: Taxes and Tax Reform; title: Term Limits; title: Terrorism, Domestic; title: Terrorism, Foreign; title: Terrorism, War on; title: Tobacco; title: Tort Reform; title: Torture; title: Toxic Waste; title: Traffic Congestion; title: Unemployment; title: Unions; title: Urban Sprawl; title: Veterans' Care and Benefits; title: Voluntarism and Volunteering; title: Voting Issues; title: Waste Disposal; title: Water Pollution; title: Weapons of Mass Destruction; title: Welfare and Welfare Reform; title: Wilderness Protection; title: Women's Rights; title: Xenophobia and Nativism.