This reader contains selections representing opposing points of view on a variety of issues. Organized around a central theme, the text ties each debate on a specific topic in American...
This supplementary text offers two readings per chapter organized in a debate-style format, representing opposing viewpoints. The straightforward, thought-provoking presentation facilitates class discussion.
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Coakley decision cut back on Hill by unanimously striking a Massachusetts law that had kept anti-abortion protestors at least 35 feet from health facilities that perform abortions.106 In general, very few Americans participate in ...
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Understanding these three social scientific models and their applications helps students get the most out of their American government course and out of this text--they learn a way of thinking that they can use to make sense of future ...
Throughout the text and its features, authors Christine Barbour and Gerald Wright show students how to effectively apply the critical thinking skills they develop to the political information they encounter every day.
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For two excellent accounts of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, see Todd Purdum, An Idea Whose Time Has Come (New York, NY: Henry Holt & Co., ... See Stephen S. Smith and Christopher Deering, Committees in Congress, 2nd ed.
In emphasizing how the political system works-and how individuals and groups have opened gates to influence public policy-the text helps students see the relevance of government in their lives.