Political Issues Debated

Author : Herbert M. Levine
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780136816447
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Issues Debated written by Herbert M. Levine and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1993 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on strong pro and con viewpoints of controversial political issues, this introduction to politics uses a debate format that encourages discussion of the issues addressed. It examines 26 controversial issues of great complexity and importance - some of long-standing concern, and some of more recent relevance - including the questions, "Is government avoidable?", "Is Socialism better than Capitalism?", "Does TV news have a unique impact on public opinion?", "Should the West redistribute its wealth to Third World countries?" For historians and political scientists.

Author : Gregory M. Scott
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780131841789
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 21 Debated written by Gregory M. Scott and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized to correspond to most American government books and designed to provide a plethora of discussion topics, this volume features 42 recent, pro/con articles on 21 of the most controversial issues in American Politics. Complete with headnotes and discussion questions, the volume spurs readers to debate issues independently or through research. The authors provide opposing views on issues including democracy and the constitution, rights and liberties, the political process, government institutions, and issues in public policy. For those interested in American political issues.

Author : George McKenna
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 : 9781561343225
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking Sides written by George McKenna and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1995 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in politics. The readings represent the arguments of authors such as Ronald Dworkin, Robert W. Lee, and Carl T. Bogus.This expanded version will contain all the content of the thirteenth edition, plus 2 additional issues:"Is a New Majority Emerging in the Democratic Party?" and "Are School Vouchers Compatible with the First Amendment?"Taking Sides titles are supported by the student Web site, Dushkin Online (www.dushkin.com/online/), where study tips and links to related Web sites can be found.

Author : Michael Kryzanek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131722485X
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 25 Issues that Shape American Politics written by Michael Kryzanek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is organized to examine the major subjects taught in American politics through the lens of twenty-five hot button issues affecting American politics and policy today. These key issues reflect the ideas, principles, concerns, fears, morals, and hopes of the American people. The authors argue that these issues are the heart and soul of the American political system, serving as the basis for the disagreements that drive citizens, public servants, and elected officials into action. Features of this Innovative Text Examines 25 issues in light of the 2016 presidential election and beyond. Up-to-date chapters reflect important developments in the arenas of immigration, health care, race relations and civil rights, gun control, gay rights, and money and politics, in particular. Includes international coverage with recent and ongoing events surrounding Iran, Syria, Israel and Palestine, and China. A chapter on Russia puts recent developments in Syria, Ukraine, Crimea, and the "near abroad" in context with US foreign policy.

Author : Michael Kryzanek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317348915
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debates, Differences and Divisions written by Michael Kryzanek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debuting it its first edition, this book is organized around the approach that American politics can best be understood by examining the issues that reflect the ideas, principles, concerns, fears, morals and hopes of the American people. Debates, Differences and Divisions looks at twenty-five hot button issues affecting American politics and policy today. The author argues that these issues are the heart and soul of the American political system, serving as the basis for the disagreements that drive our political system into action.

Author : Ronald Dworkin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400827272
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is Democracy Possible Here? written by Ronald Dworkin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics in America are polarized and trivialized, perhaps as never before. In Congress, the media, and academic debate, opponents from right and left, the Red and the Blue, struggle against one another as if politics were contact sports played to the shouts of cheerleaders. The result, Ronald Dworkin writes, is a deeply depressing political culture, as ill equipped for the perennial challenge of achieving social justice as for the emerging threats of terrorism. Can the hope for change be realized? Dworkin, one the world's leading legal and political philosophers, identifies and defends core principles of personal and political morality that all citizens can share. He shows that recognizing such shared principles can make substantial political argument possible and help replace contempt with mutual respect. Only then can the full promise of democracy be realized in America and elsewhere. Dworkin lays out two core principles that citizens should share: first, that each human life is intrinsically and equally valuable and, second, that each person has an inalienable personal responsibility for identifying and realizing value in his or her own life. He then shows what fidelity to these principles would mean for human rights, the place of religion in public life, economic justice, and the character and value of democracy. Dworkin argues that liberal conclusions flow most naturally from these principles. Properly understood, they collide with the ambitions of religious conservatives, contemporary American tax and social policy, and much of the War on Terror. But his more basic aim is to convince Americans of all political stripes--as well as citizens of other nations with similar cultures--that they can and must defend their own convictions through their own interpretations of these shared values.

Author : Alexander Ruser
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351599887
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Against Political Compromise written by Alexander Ruser and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The problem of inequality -- 2 The problem of plurality -- 3 The problem of uncertainty -- Conclusion -- Index

Author : George McKenna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780697357182
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking Sides written by George McKenna and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Glen Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000020207
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disagreeing Agreeably written by Glen Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book facilitates civil discussion of controversial political issues. Unique to this book is a section that explains how to discuss politics without feeling angry or hostile toward people who hold different beliefs. In addition, the book provides concise and accessible debates of contemporary policy issues including gun control, immigration, the Electoral College, voting, and affirmative action. For each topic, readers are shown that opposing arguments are based on values and concerns that are widely shared by most people regardless of their political leanings. Perfect for students, professors, and citizens alike, this book promotes civility without shying away from controversy.

Author : The Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania Kathleen Hall Jamieson Dean
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199729190
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Presidential Debates : The Challenge of Creating an Informed Electorate written by The Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania Kathleen Hall Jamieson Dean and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988-10-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presidential debates have had mixed reviews. Advocates praise debates as a way of making issues more central to the campaign. Others criticize them as little more than joint press conferences. How important are these debates? Do they really test knowledge and vision? Do they sort good ideas from bad, or reveal important character traits and habits of mind? In short, do they provide voters with what they need to know to choose a president? To address these questions, the authors place contemporary debates in their cultural and historical context, tracing their origins and development in the American political tradition, from the eighteenth century to the present. Although the Kennedy-Nixon TV confrontations were an historical first, debate was an element of American electoral politics by 1788 and a staple of policy deliberation throughout the colonial period. Indeed, much of the confusion over the value of debates stems in part from the long tradition of political debating in America. Thus, to make the most productive use of debate in modern presidential politics, the authors argue, we must respond to the history of this tradition. The book concludes with recommendations to preserve the best elements of traditional debate while adapting to the requirements of the broadcast age. The reforms they advocate include: substantive debates between major party representatives between elections; alternative formats; use of visual aids in debates; follow-up press conferences; a focus on fewer issues and increased experimentation in the primaries. Presidential debates provide voters with a rare opportunity to evaluate political reasoning on complex issues. In suggesting ways to make presidential debates even more effective, this thought-provoking volume makes an important contribution to America's political future.