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245	0	0	_aTaking sides. _pClashing views on political issues / _cedited, selected, and with introductions by George McKenna and Stanley Feingold.
246	3	0	_aTaking sides: political issues
250			_a17th ed., expanded
260			_aNew York : _bMcGraw-Hill, _2012.
300			_axxx, 413 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490		1	_aTaking sides.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aUnit 1. Democracy and the American political process. Should Americans believe in a unique American "mission"? -- Is democracy the answer to global terrorism? -- Should America adopt public financing of political campaigns? Unit 2. The institutions of government. Does the president have unilateral war powers? -- Should the courts seek the "original meaning" of the Constitution? -- Is Congress a "broken branch"? -- Should the Senate filibuster be abolished? -- Should the president be allowed "executive privilege"? Unit 3. Social change and public policy. Does affirmative action advance racial equality? -- Should abortion be restricted? -- Do we need national health care insurance? -- Is America becoming more unequal? -- Are Americans overtaxed? -- Is bigger government better government? -- Stopping illegal immigration: should border security come first? -- Should there be a "wall of separation" between church and state? Unit 4. American and the world. Is indefinite detention of suspected terrorists justified? -- Is Middle Eastern profiling ever justified? -- Is the use of torture against terrorist suspects ever justified? -- Is warrantless wiretapping in some cases justified to protect national security? -- Should the United States pull out of Afghanistan? -- Does the Tea Party represent a revival of America's revolutionary ideals? -- May Congress require people to buy health insurance?
650		0	_aRight and left (Political science)
650		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1945-1989.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1989-1993.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1993-2001.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2001-2009.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2009-
700	1		_aMcKenna, George.
700	1		_aFeingold, Stanley, _d1926-
830		0	_aTaking sides.
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