Taking sides.  Clashing views on political issues / 
 Taking sides: political issues 
edited, selected, and with introductions by George McKenna and Stanley Feingold. 
 - 17th ed., expanded 
 - New York :  McGraw-Hill, 
 - xxx, 413 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Taking sides. .
 - Taking sides. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Unit 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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780077406080 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1080-580x 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94034809 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Right and left (Political science)<br/>United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--1989-1993.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.<br/>United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.<br/>United States--Politics and government--2009-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK271  / .T375 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.6/0973