Today's Social Issues
eBook - ePub

Today's Social Issues

Democrats and Republicans

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Today's Social Issues

Democrats and Republicans

About this book

Covering everything from abortion to gun control to immigration, this book explains policies and positions of today's Democratic and Republican parties, giving readers a complete understanding of modern-day American politics and the 2016 presidential race. This book cuts through rhetorical platitudes and partisan distortions to provide a balanced and up-to-date resource for understanding policy debates on social issues in statehouses around the country as well as in Washington, DC. It provides broad coverage of the parties and the forces that affect each party's positions, examining every major social policy and taking into account historical differences between Democrats and Republicans in an evenhanded manner, with emphasis on the key ideologies that set the two parties apart during the 2008–2014 midterms. Author Timothy Kneeland presents an in-depth study of the diversity of political opinion on today's most pressing social issues, digging deeper than the typical black-or-white presentation of these debates in the media. Readers will gain a detailed understanding of how the parties agree, disagree, and find compromise on the broad range of problems and issues facing American society in the 21st century.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Abortion
  7. Affirmative Action
  8. Animal Rights/Animal Welfare
  9. Birth Control
  10. Bullying
  11. Climate Change
  12. Death Penalty
  13. Disability Rights
  14. Education
  15. Entitlement Programs
  16. Environmental Protection
  17. Equal Pay for Women
  18. Family Policy
  19. Gay Marriage
  20. Gun Control
  21. Health Care
  22. HIV/AIDS
  23. Illegal Drugs
  24. Immigration
  25. LGBT Rights
  26. Marijuana Legalization
  27. Mental Health Policy
  28. Minimum Wage
  29. Net Neutrality
  30. Obesity and Public Health
  31. Policing
  32. Poverty and Income Inequality
  33. Prisons and Sentencing
  34. Privacy Rights
  35. Racial Profiling
  36. Religious Freedom
  37. Reparations
  38. Right to Die
  39. Sex Education
  40. Unemployment Insurance
  41. Unions
  42. Voting Rights
  43. Glossary
  44. Bibliography
  45. Index
  46. About the Author