Battleground Government And Politics 2 Volumes

Author : Lori A. Johnson,Kathleen Uradnik,Sara Beth Hower Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313343148

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Battleground: Government and Politics [2 volumes] by Lori A. Johnson,Kathleen Uradnik,Sara Beth Hower Ph.D. Pdf

Through a detailed exploration of the viewpoints involved, this balanced and incisive work promotes understanding of the most divisive issues in American government today. Government and politics is an area in which there are no "right" answers, but much room for debate. Battleground: Government and Politics allows students and general readers alike to consider key political debates from all sides and to arrive at their own considered convictions, based on a firm understanding of the issues and points of view involved. This two-volume work explores dozens of the most contentious issues in contemporary life, issues that impact how our government is run today and how it will be run in the future. Each topic is examined in a balanced way, providing not only an overview of the issues involved, but an objective assessment of the stance of all sides. Readers can use these entries as thorough and solid summaries of the most contentious controversies in contemporary society, or as starting points for more in-depth research into the debates.

Author : Sara Hower,Lori A. Johnson,Kathleen Ann Uradnik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:838834310

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Battleground by Sara Hower,Lori A. Johnson,Kathleen Ann Uradnik Pdf

Author : Robin Morris Collin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780313082405

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Battleground: Environment [2 volumes] by Robin Morris Collin Pdf

The environment inflames passions in people on all points of the political spectrum. Controversies over such issues as the rise of cancer in industrialized countries, climate change, and urban sprawl have skyrocketed as we recognize the impact that humans have on the environment. Many people become immersed in these controversies at a local level before they know much about the topic - the nuances of many environmental conflicts are often overlooked as the media focuses on the adversarial nature of the conflict. This reference resource provides students, teachers, librarians, and citizens as a whole with the necessary first step in understanding these hot-button issues. Each entry identifies the issue involved, who was holding various points of view or positions, where and when the conflict occurred, and explains the cultural, social, and political context and dimensions of the conflict. Battleground: Environment provides in-depth analysis of over 100 of the most controversial topics involving the environment, including childhood asthma, the Kyoto Summit and Treaty, smart growth, the Three Gorges Dam in China, and genetically modified food. Entries include descriptions of public policies and discussions of the future of the controversy. Each entry concludes with cross references and a short, relevant bibliography suitable for student research. The resource includes numerous sidebars that discuss in detail particular local controversies that illuminate the complexity of the topics discussed.

Author : Michael Atkinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780313087875

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Battleground: Sports [2 volumes] by Michael Atkinson Pdf

Mega-events like the Olympics, the World Cup of soccer, the World Series of baseball, cycling's Tour de France, and the Super Bowl draw our attention to the deep cultural significance of sport and its role in fostering social bonds. Yet when it comes to sport, there is no shortage of debate: stereotypes regarding sexuality, race, gender, and children have been hotly contested by critics for over 40 years. Even today, sport is one of the very few socially accepted sites of violence, intense competition and controlled forms of social disorder. Battleground: Sports presents the 100 most contentious public and private controversies of the sports world. Highlighted throughout are debates surrounding ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and social identity, sports fan behavior, as well as the role of governments and corporations. Engaging and accessible to a wide variety of readers, this fascinating reference illustrates how sports controversies reflect the historically enduring and changing nature of our broader cultures, and the social battles we engage on a day-to-day basis surrounding the struggles for equality, debates about social violence, the ethics of competition, the politics of civic life, the creation of global communities, and the State's role in protecting citizens. Entries contain an array of thoughtful perspectives on historic and current controversies, and allow readers to formulate their own conclusions. Enhanced with a timeline, a thorough guide of print and electronic resources for high school and undergraduate student research, this one-stop reference goes beyond the newspaper headlines to provide readers with a guide map for understanding what sport controversies teach us about our culture and ourselves.

Author : Peter H. Denton,Sal Restivo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781567207439

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Battleground: Science and Technology [2 volumes] by Peter H. Denton,Sal Restivo Pdf

The modern world is filled with debate and controversy, and science and technology—the most characteristic features of the modern world—are not immune. Science and technology are implicated in many if not all of the issues, troubles, and problems students are likely to come across in their classes and in their everyday lives. Science and technology serve as a primary pathway to understanding front page headlines on everything from war to AIDS, and from oil exploration to global warming. Battleground: Science and Technology examines the most hot-button issues involving science and technology and provides a balanced assessment of the arguments on all sides of the often strident debates. The approximately 100 issues examined in Battleground: Science and Technology include topics in the brain sciences, including the controversies over the cause of autism and the reliability of memory, as well as the debates over parapsychology; debates surrounding information technology, such as only privacy, the impact of video games on social behavior, and the advent of virtual reality; the complexity over drugs and medications, such as the testing of the efficacy of medications, the war on recreational drugs, and the costs of pharmaceutical research; and hot-button topics that are constantly in the news, such as evolution and creationism, DNA testing, stem-cell research, and genetically modified organisms. Each entry provides a list of accessible resources useful for further research.

Author : Dana L. Solomon
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498569972

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Ideological Battlegrounds by Dana L. Solomon Pdf

Can entertainment challenge divisive ideologies? Can we use theater, film, games, novels, and stories disarm the ideologies of fear? Ideological Battlegrounds: Entertainment to Disarm Divisive Propaganda introduces and develops Ideologically Challenging Entertainment (ICE) to challenge “us versus them” narratives. ICE counters polarizing perspectives by embracing multiple valid viewpoints without losing sight of facts. Additionally, this book explores the first ICE production, Two Merchants, The Merchant of Venice adapted to challenge ideologies related to the Arab-Israeli Conflict. A mixed-methods study of audience responses to this production showed that a significant number of audience members reconsidered their views, not only about the Arab-Israeli conflict but also about ideological divisions that were more personally relevant. Ideological Battlegrounds is unique, both in its conceptualization of entertainment as a means to address local and global conflicts and in its provision of evidence for the power of performance as a tool for confronting and influencing ideological change.This book offers a new approach to bridging dangerous ideological chasms that, without significant intervention, will only continue to worsen.

Author : Gregg Barak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 869 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313088032

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Battleground: Criminal Justice [2 volumes] by Gregg Barak Pdf

There are many controversial aspects of our criminal justice system, and this encyclopedia examines the most significant controversies throughout American history with emphasis on current debates, trends, and issues. Arranged alphabetically, approximately 100 entries cover background, explanations, notable cases and events, various sides of an issue, and what to expect in the future. Entries are objective and factual, allowing readers to formulate their own conclusions. Sidebars and case examples help to illustrate each entry, and sources for further reading point readers to other important materials. Given the prevalance of controversial criminal justice topics in the news, this timely reference is an important resource for anyone interested in crime and justice. Entries include: Boot Camps, Corporal Punishment, DNA Evidence, Domestic Violence, Expert Testimony, Eye Witness Identifications, Gun Control, Homeland Security, International Criminal Court, Legalization of Marijuana, Mental Health and Insanity, Police Brutality, Prison Violence, Racial Profiling, School Violence, Sex Offender Laws, Stalking Laws, Supermax Prisons, Three Strikes, Treating Juveniles as Adults, War on Drugs, and more.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Bosnia and Hercegovina
ISBN : MINN:31951D02363970I

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Balkan Battlegrounds by Anonim Pdf

Author : Judith Ann Warner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313344145

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Battleground: Immigration [2 volumes] by Judith Ann Warner Pdf

Among the most tumultuous conflicts of modern America is the war over legal and undocumented immigrants currently residing within U.S. borders. Since the passing of the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act, America has witnessed an unprecedented flow of immigrants onto its shores, with increased diversity of race and culture. Battleground: Immigration examines the most critical issues surrounding immigration today, including effects on the economy, education, and employment, as well as the viability of the foreign-born in American society. All sides of the immigration debate are explored in this comprehensive 2-volume set, with special weight given to the very specific issues that have arisen in post-9/11 America: homeland security and border control, 9/11's impact on legislation and civil liberties; the Department of Homeland security and its role in border control; transnational organized crime, human smuggling and trafficking; and post 9/11 border control and security impact on immigration. With direct ties to the curriculum, this set is a valuable resource for students of sociology, current events, American history, political science, ethnic studies, and public policy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Bosnia and Hercegovina
ISBN : IND:30000078998428

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Balkan Battlegrounds by Anonim Pdf

Balkan Battlegrounds provides a military history of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia between 1990 and 1995. It was produced by two military analysts in the Central Intelligence agency who tracked military developments in the region throughout this period and then applied their experience to producing an unclassified treatise for general use ...

Author : Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781573569569

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Battleground: Religion [2 volumes] by Daniel L. Smith-Christopher Pdf

Is there a controversial issue in the contemporary world that does not involve religion? Whether it's a debate over the beginning of life, or on sexuality and family life, or on the stewardship of humans over the environment, almost all of the most contentious matters that impact today's society involve people's deeply held religious beliefs. Battleground: Religion helps clarify these complex topics by examining how various religious beliefs and practices impact current political, social, and cultural debates. Each of the approximately 100 entries examines a hot-button issue—from war and peace to the culture wars—and discusses, in a balanced and objective way, the points of view on these topics from all parts of the religious spectrum. Students will come away from Battleground: Religion with a better understanding of the issues that they will be encountering for years to come. Each entry includes a bibliography or resources for further information.

Author : Joanna Witkowska,Uwe Zagratzki
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443869171

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Ideological Battlegrounds – Constructions of Us and Them Before and After 9/11 Volume 1 by Joanna Witkowska,Uwe Zagratzki Pdf

“The effects of 9/11 ramify through a network of conduits and pathways, including the examples of expressive culture this volume explores; and the registration of those effects will likewise be felt in an array of documents and texts. The cultural, literary, and mass mediated effects of 9/11 encompass the globe and the chapters in this volume assume a transnational and international range of vantage points. The topics examined include the representation of Islam and Moslems in a number of texts and genres, the political and psychological dilemmas faced by characters in a number of literary works, and the refraction of current psycho-cultural-political tensions in forms of expressive culture in which the effects of 9/11 are felt in other than explicit ways. Was 9/11 a moment that punctuated and disrupted the movement of history or, as one of the authors suggests, did it act as a catalyst to escalate existing stereotypes? The chapters investigate not just different genres and cultural forms but distinct modes of intersection between the political, the cultural and the psychological. One achievement of this volume is to show how 9/11’s effects at times insinuate themselves in discourse through nuance and subtlety, and at other times frontally assault texts and images. In the words of one article, “modern Dutch post-9/11 novels directly participate in current cultural and political discourses.” By the same token, these cultural and political discourses participate in novels, films, TV shows, and the effects of 9/11 proliferate and concentrate in this exchange. This volume draws timely attention to the multiple forms of this complex interaction.” Dr Patrick Hagopian, University of Lancaster

Author : Anna Gonerko-Frej,Joanna Witkowska,Uwe Zagratzki
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443862615

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Ideological Battlegrounds – Constructions of Us and Them Before and After 9/11 by Anna Gonerko-Frej,Joanna Witkowska,Uwe Zagratzki Pdf

Volume 2 of Ideological Battlegrounds – Constructions of Us and Them Before and After 9/11 continues and complements the discussion of the event undertaken in the first part of the two-volume publication (2014). This time, the focus is put on language and discourse. The contributions here volume explore the construction of “Us” and “Them” in a variety of pre- and post-9/11 texts, mainly from the perspectives of (political) discourse analysis and translation studies. The book shows how language in use reflects and retells the tragic event and how it (re-)constructs its actors, bringing us closer to understanding the roots and long-term consequences of 9/11. The volume is by no means exhaustive of the topic, but demonstrates its complexity and continuing relevance for today’s world.

Author : Kiraku Kishima
Publisher : J-Novel Club
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781718322684

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Back to the Battlefield: The Veteran Heroes Return to the Fray! Volume 2 by Kiraku Kishima Pdf

After taking down the former members of the Seven Black Stars and stopping their invasion, Alan now takes a trip to meet with an old comrade, Kevin the Unrivaled Gadabout. Alan’s goal is to convince the whimsical yet world-weary Gadabout to fight with them once again, but there’s one small problem: Kevin feels like that’s far too much of a hassle. With trouble brewing on the horizon as the New Seven Black Stars begin to make their next moves, will Alan be able to persuade Kevin to take up arms and join the rest of the Seven Heroes on the battlefield? And what exactly does Demon Lord Beelzebub have up his sleeve?

Author : Sebastián Mantilla Blanco
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030248383

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Full Protection and Security in International Investment Law by Sebastián Mantilla Blanco Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive study of the standard of ‘full protection and security’ (FPS) in international investment law. Ever since the Germany-Pakistan BIT of 1959, almost every investment agreement has included an FPS clause. FPS claims refer to the most diverse factual settings, from terrorist attacks to measures concerning concession contracts. Still, the FPS standard has received far less scholarly attention than other obligations under international investment law. Filling that gap, this study examines the evolution of FPS from its medieval roots to the modern age, delimits the scope of FPS in customary international law, and analyzes the relationship between FPS and the concept of due diligence in the law of state responsibility. It additionally explores the interpretation and application of FPS clauses, drawing particular attention to the diverse wording used in investment treaties, the role ascribed to custom, and the interplay between FPS and other treaty-based standards. Besides delivering a detailed analysis of the FPS standard, this book also serves as a guide to the relevant sources, providing an overview of numerous legal instruments, examples of state practice, arbitral decisions, and related academic publications about the standard.