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The current U.S. oil consumption is 21 million barrels per day, we are heavily reliant on offshore drilling to keep up with our consumption. This essential volume poses questions and provides answers from both sides of each debate. Readers hear pro versus con facts and figures, and are able to use critical thinking skills to form their own views. Essays debate the benefits, consequences, and government policies of offshore drilling. Fantastic ...

This book explores s a wide diversity of opinions on the impact of mandatory minimum sentencing on crime, including the three strikes law. It discusses the inherent fairness of mandatory sentences: Are they discriminatory? Do they usurp judicial power and result in overcrowd prisons? Or do they protect children and deter repeat offenders? Readers will also look at alternatives to mandatory minimums, such as drug court supervision or extended t...

This assembly of essays explores the impact of globalization on world societies and its role in crises such as global warming, the modern financial crisis, and terrorism. Readers will examine some of globalization's effects on developing nations, including income inequality and food shortages. The essays also look at globalization and the U.S. economy, discussing the benefit or harm of NAFTA, outsourcing, free trade, and buy American policies....

This volume explores the effectiveness of the current federal budget process and potential areas for reform, including earmarks, supplemental appropriations, and PAYGO. It offers viewpoints on how best to raise federal revenues as well as how, and on what, they should be spent. It also examines the impact federal budget deficits have on the U.S. economy. The essays are in a pro versus con format, giving readers a balanced view.

Presents articles discussing recent issues regarding China, including the status of human rights, its economic challenges, and the power of its military.

This volume examines differing viewpoints in regards to American military forces and their use.

Several articles discuss the issues surrounding alternative lending.

This volume presents a collection of essays that are arranged in a pro versus con format that debate four main questions about biological warfare. Chapter one considers how great a danger these weapons pose. Chapter two asks what entities post a serious biological warfare threat. Chapter three asks how the United States should prepare itself and chapter four asks how biological warfare can be prevented. Readers benefit from more than one intel...

Several articles explore the multiple issues surrounding Social Security, its financial impact, societal costs, and its future.

A series of articles by different authors that discuss issues related to John Steinbeck's Of mice and men.

Several articles discuss the issues surrounding the banking crisis.

In his novel Brave New World, writer Aldous Huxley extends the intersection of community and science to a dystopian conclusion: an entire world built upon the principles of Henry Ford's automobile assembly lines. This volume offers an in-depth examination of bioethics as presented in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World, as well as contemporary perspectives on this issue. Essay topics include the misuse of science for power gains, the balance...

This book explores concerns about genetic technology and research, including the potential ethical issues, the need for oversight and control, and the pros, cons and unintended consequences of genetic testing. Disparate viewpoints of issues are encapsulated in each chapter with the use of a question-and-response format. By evaluating contrasting viewpoints, readers can attain a complete and balanced knowledge of the topic. Important facts, per...

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 thi...

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 centr...

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.

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? E...

Several articles discuss the issues surrounding capitalism.

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 essays in this anthology provide contrasting views on the definition, use, and efficacy of torture. By evaluating and understanding divergent opinions, students will attain a broad base of knowledge on the subject. Essays cover topics including torture in Asia and Iraq, whether it is morally wrong, whether it's justified, and whether it ruins evidence. A question-and-response format prompts readers to examine complex issues from multiple a...