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This must-have volume presents views on gun control from cultures around the world, including India, Germany, Japan, South Africa, Canada, Sudan, and Uganda. Readers will learn about policies, global crime, its effects on society, and the impact of the global arms trade. Have Australia's gun control policies reduced crime? Are Japan and Russia active in the global arms trade? Does Sudan's gun buyback programs reduce crime? Answers to these and several other queries are provided in this book, giving your readers a panoramic view of our world's relationship with guns and gun control.

This must-have volume explores current trends in religion around the world, such as the spread of Pentecostal Christianity, a religious revival in China, growth of Buddhism in New Zealand, and U.S. efforts toward Jewish-Muslim understanding. Readers will learn about religion in relation to science, education, and politics. This book also discusses violence and religious practice, including China's oppression of Tibetan Buddhists, and religious strife in Northern Ireland. Stirring essays sources include His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the World Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, and South Asian Councils of Churches.

In 2015, the leader of the Federal Election Commission, the agency charged with regulating how political money is raised and spent, said she had largely given up hope of reining in abuses in the 2016 presidential campaign. Chairwoman Ann M. Ravel, summarized her frustrations during an interview. I never want to give up, but I'm not under any illusions. People think the F.E.C. is dysfunctional. It's worse than dysfunctional. The writings in this anthology have been selected to introduce your readers to a wide array of viewpoints on the efficacy of the U.S. federal election system. Written by foremost authorities, these essays offer divergent views on issues surrounding the election process. Each chapter asks a relevant question about the topic, and the viewpoints that follow are grouped into yes and no categories. This format provides readers with a concise view of different opinions on each topic.

This volume explores the issues confronting the U.S. economy, including crises in the housing market and bank solvency, and a precarious world economy. Essays look at the severity of the problem, how the government's anti-recession policies are working, and whether the economic free fall is slowing down. Also discusses the potential threat to Americans posed by the growing deficit, and ideas for stabilizing the economy in the future.

Editor N. Merino has chosen a diverse collection of primary source writings to provide your readers with a broad range of viewpoints on global economic policy. Students are encouraged to see the validity of divergent opinions, so that they may understand the subject inclusively. An important question about the subject is presented in each chapter, such as Is globalization of the world economy good for the United States? and the viewpoints that follow are organized based on their response to the question. Looks at possible ways to address the issue, and the roles of the United States, the G-20, and the International Monetary Fund in doing so. Also examines whether or not global economics is good for the world and good for the United States.

The total debt held by American households reached a record in early 2017. It is vital that your students understand the intricacies of consumer debt. Readers will explore the relationship between consumer debt and the economy, and the positive and negative impacts of credit card use on consumers. Do credit cards provide for convenient, secure financial transactions, or entrap low-to-middle income consumers with high interest rates and fees? Editor Joseph Tardiff looks at the practices of predatory lenders and debt collection agencies and assesses bankruptcy as an option for handling too much personal debt.

The modern concept of fair trade started in the United states, when associations such as SERRV International began to trade with poor communities in the South in the late 1940s and the first formal "Fair Trade" shop opened in 1958. This anthology provides your readers with a complete overview of fair trade practices. It contains a collection of writings by foremost authorities in the field, representing leading conservative, liberal, and centrist views on the issues associated with the subject. Each chapter presents an important question about the topic, and the opinions that follow are grouped into yes and no categories. By evaluating contrasting opinions, readers can attain an objective understanding of the issues.

The Current Controversies series examines today's most important social and political issues. Each volume presents a diverse selection of primary sources representing all sides of the debate in question.

The U.S. is embroiled in complicated international politics with Iraq, including Donald Trump naming Iraq as one of the countries placed under a travel ban. This collection of essays presents several different viewpoints to various controversies relating to Iraq. It allows readers to juxtapose ideas and ferret through details to develop their own intelligent opinions. Topics include whether Iraq has a capable new government, whether police forces are reliable, and whether Iraq should be partitioned. Readers will evaluate whether the U.S. should withdraw its troops, and whether foreign occupation of Iraq is terrorism. Essay sources include George W. Bush, Joel Brinkley, Raheem Salman, Reidar Visser, and Mohammed Fadhil.

Editor Jacqueline Langwith has compiled some startling and fascinating essays to address several issues related to water as a resource. Two essays debate whether armed conflicts will arise over future water scarcity. Another set of essays debate water privatization. The American Farmland Trust argues against a view that agriculture threatens water quality. Several other topics will truly fascinate your readers, giving them two sides to every issue, allowing them to form a well balanced, well researched opinion.

Agriculture and related industries contributed 992 billion dollars to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2015. That seems like big business numbers, but America's farmers are in trouble, with many farmers stating that they need subsidies to survive. This compelling collection of essays simplifies the complicated controversies fo agricultural subsidies for readers. Essays are arranged in a pro versus con format, so readers benefit from more than on intelligent viewpoint. Being able to compare divergent views in one source allows for quick activation of critical thinking skills. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate why agricultural subsidies exist, why there are concerns, whether subsidies should be eliminated, and what some alternatives might be.

Editor Laurie Willis has compiled a fascinating collection of essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to video games. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate what impact video games have on children and teens, how they affect society, whether or not they promote violence, and how they should be regulated.

Your readers are presented with a series of essays that expresses various perspectives on the twenty-first century risks to human health. Readers will explore risks such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. They will evaluate the role of new treatments and technology, and examine America's health care system. Stellar essay sources include the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee, World Health Organization, The Indoor Tanning Association, and Consumers Union of the United States.

This must-have volume delivers contemporary perspectives on the subject of indigenous peoples, with the majority of the material reflecting stances of countries other than the United States. Across four chapters, readers will explore the past treatment of indigenous peoples, current issues that they face, what their relationship is to natural resources, and how we can preserve indigenous cultures. Various cultures that readers will be exposed to in this collection include Australia, Canada, Marshall Island, Latin America, Maya, Africa, Torres Strait, and Malaysia. Helpful features include an annotated table of contents, a world map and country index, bibliography, and subject index.

As technology makes the world more accessible, it is increasingly important to develop a wide perspective on social issues as well as political, environmental, and health issues of global significance. This volume focuses on the issue of population growth from a variety of international perspectives. Readers will evaluate population growth and its relationship to hunger, the environment, the economy, and society. Essay sources include WALHI / The Indonesian Forum for Environment, The Economist, and The Galapagos Conservancy. Helpful features include an annotated table of contents, a world map and country index, a bibliography, and a subject index.

Antibiotics and antimicrobial agents, have been used for over 50 years to treat patients who have infectious diseases. These drugs have greatly reduced illness and death from infectious diseases. However, these drugs have been used so widely and for so long that the infectious organisms the antibiotics are designed to kill have adapted to them, making the drugs less effective. Editor Debra A. Miller has collected essays that provide readers with a spectrum of views on issues relating to drug resistant infections. The writings represent divergent viewpoints on issues, such as the link between agricultural use of antibiotics and resistant infections.

This collection of essays helps readers to assess the various issues relating to refugees. Each topic is debated by divergent sources so that readers can see more than one viewpoint as relevant. Across four chapters, they will evaluate whether the refugee problem is serious, who is responsible for aiding them, what U.S. policies can help alleviate problems, and what international policies can help. Essay sources include The Economist, Voice of America, and Human Rights First.

Jerry Renault, the protagonist of Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War, finds himself at the center of bullying efforts conducted by his high school's secret society when he refuses to comply with a school-wide chocolate sale. Cormier's 1974 novel remains a popular point of discourse in schools and academia for its effective rendering of peer pressure, bullying, corruption, and individuality. This compelling edition presents essays that examine the treatment of peer pressure in The Chocolate War, discussing such topics as pessimism, high school, activism, and standing against evil. The book also offers contemporary perspectives on modern-day peer pressure, urging readers to compare and contrast the themes of the novel with the issues of the today's world.

Collection of essays discussing whether Mark Twain's book is racist, the issue of race in the novel itself, and race relations in 21st century America.

Stranded on a tropical island, a group of boys attempt to govern themselves but instead give into chaos and savagery. William Golding's 1954 novel, Lord of the Flies, utilizes the theme of violence to showcase the conflicts surrounding power. This compelling edition presents readers with a collection of essays that examine topics such as puberty, innate corruption, and class conflict as it relates to the theme of violence and power. Contemporary perspectives on violence are also discussed, examining topics such as the recruitment of young men to war and the effects of peer alienation.

This essential volume examines the internal problems facing Pakistan, including its economy, educational system, and Pakistani-related terrorism. It discusses what role, if any, the United States should play in improving Pakistan's economic and political situation. Readers will look at the future of Pakistan, from the potential for political stability to improving human rights.

This collection of essays explores the current status of campaign finance reform in the United States, including strategies that promote fair political campaigns such as public funding, spending caps, and media regulation. Readers will examine efforts to prevent partisan political redistricting, and look at recent influential developments like small-donor fundraising and use of the internet in campaigns. Essay sources include Thomas E. Mann, John G. Geer, Janette Kenner Muir, and Sarah O'Leary.

Like all the other books in the Opposing Viewpoints series, this volume gives the power of knowledge and debate to the reader. Editor Kelly Wand explains what white-collar crime is, then gives the readers several opposing essays to consider about some highly-controversial views. Are corporations over-regulated? Are these crimes committed by inherently dishonest people? Are business schools creating white-collar criminals by failing to teach ethics? Are those found guilty actually repaying their debts or skating off? Readers will analyze the sides of these questions. An essay by Noam Chomsky will spur critical thinking, as he states that a criminal corporate elite is running the government and the media.