Social issues in America : an encyclopedia / James Ciment, editor.
Truly comprehensive in scope -- and arranged in A-Z format for quick access -- this monumental eight-volume set is a one-source reference for anyone researching the historical and contemporary details of major issues confronting American society.
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Armonk, New York :
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2006.
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014. |
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Table of Contents:
- A
- Abortion and Reproductive Issues
- Academic Freedom
- Adoption
- Advertising, Children's
- Affirmative Action
- Ageism
- AIDS/HIV
- Air Pollution
- Air Travel: Safety, Security, and Service
- Alcohol and Alcoholism
- Animal Rights
- Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Violence
- Anti-Semitism
- Arson
- Arts Funding and Censorship
- At-Risk Students: Higher Education
- Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Automobile and Highway Safety
- B
- Bilingualism
- Birth Control
- C
- Campaign Finance Reform
- Cancer
- Capital Punishment
- Census Issues
- Cheating, Academic
- Child Abuse and Molestation
- Child Labor
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Church-State Separation
- Civil Liberties
- Civil Rights
- Coastal Pollution and Wetlands Protection
- College Sports
- Computer Crime and Hacking
- Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy
- Corporal Punishment
- Corporate Crime
- Corporate Downsizing
- Crime
- Criminal Rights
- "Cults" and Alternative Religions
- D
- Defense Spending and Preparedness
- Deforestation and Logging
- Disability Rights
- Divorce and Child Custody
- Domestic Surveillance
- Domestic Violence
- Drought and Aquifer Depletion
- DRUG ABUSE
- Drugs, War On
- E
- Eating Disorders
- Energy Dependency
- Environmental Justice
- Environmentally Induced Illnesses
- Euthanasia
- Evolution Education
- Extinction and Species Loss: Biota Invasion and Habitat Destruction
- F
- Farm Issues
- Food and Drug Safety
- Foster Care
- G
- Gambling
- Gangs
- Gay and Lesbian Rights
- Genetic Engineering
- Gentrification
- Global Warming
- Gulf War Syndrome and Other Veterans' Illnesses
- Gun Violence and Gun Control
- H
- Hate Crimes
- Hate Radio and Internet
- Hate Speech
- Health Care Reform
- Heart Disease and Cardiology
- Homelessness
- Housing, Affordable
- Human Experimentation
- I
- Identity Theft
- Immigration Policy and Law
- Immigration, Illegal
- Indoor Air Pollution
- Infectious Disease and Epidemics.
- Infrastucture Deterioration
- Intellectual Property Rights
- J
- Journalistic Ethics
- Judicial Reform
- Juvenile Justice
- L
- Legal Services for the Poor
- Literacy
- M
- Mandatory Sentencing
- Marijuana
- Mass Transit
- Media Bias
- Media Consolidation
- Media Sex and Violence
- Medical Malpractice Reform
- Medicare and Medicaid Reform
- Medicine, Complementary and Alternative
- Mental Illness
- Migrant Workers
- Militia Movement
- Minimum and Living Wages
- Money Laundering
- N
- Native Americans and Government Policy
- Natural Disasters and Disaster Relief
- Needle Exchange Programs
- Noise Pollution
- Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) Issues
- Nuclear Power and Waste
- Nuclear Weapons
- O
- Obesity
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Organ and Tissue Transplants
- Organic Foods
- Organized Crime
- P
- Plagiarism, Literary and Artistic
- Police Abuse and Corruption
- Pornography
- Poverty and Wealth
- Prison Reform and Prisoner Rights
- Privacy
- Prostitution
- Public Opinion Polling
- R
- Racial Profiling
- Rape
- Recycling and Conservation
- Redlining, Loan Discrimination, and Predatory Lending
- Rioting
- S
- School Standards and Testing
- School Violence
- School Vouchers and Privatization
- Scientific Research Ethics
- Secrecy, Government
- Sex Education
- Sexual Harassment
- Single Parenting and Out-of-Wedlock Births
- Social Security Reform
- Space Exploration
- Special Education
- Stem Cell Research
- Stress
- Students' Rights
- Suicide
- Superstores vs. Main Street
- Sweatshops
- T
- Taxes and Tax Reform
- Term Limits
- Terrorism, Domestic
- Terrorism, Foreign
- Terrorism, War on
- Tobacco
- Tort Reform
- Torture
- Toxic Waste
- Traffic Congestion
- U
- Unemployment
- Unions
- Urban Sprawl
- V
- Veterans' Care and Benefits
- Voluntarism and Volunteering
- Voting Issues
- W
- Waste Disposal
- Water Pollution
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Welfare and Welfare Reform
- Wilderness Protection
- Women's Rights
- X
- Xenophobia and Nativism.