New Releases by David M. Haugen

Reflects the current scope of the debate on campaign finance for a range of elected positions.

From Booklist: "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model-not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections-by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens-include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations-all up to date and fully documented. The editing is intelligent and unobtrusive, organizing the material around substantive issues within the general debate. Brief introductions to each section and to each reading focus the questions raised and offer no slick answers."

Greenhaven Press''s At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research. Enhancing critical thinking skills, each At Issue volume is an excellent research tool to help readers understand current social issues and prepare reports. Book jacket.

Explores whether or not the United States should do more to reduce economic inequality through wage regulation and tax reform. Examines policies such as affirmative action and reparations for minorities; and obstacles like the gender wage gap and the glass ceiling for women. Also looks at global policies that promote social justice, such as foreign aid and use of genetically modified crops to ease world hunger. --from publisher description.

Authors discuss the issues of global warming including the causes, the impacts, and what can be done to mitigate the effects of it.

Abortion has been a procedure that dates back to ancient times, laws regarding abortion are found as early as 1075 B.C. This volume explores both sides of the debate on the moral and social issues surrounding abortion. Is it immoral? Does it violate human rights? Can it be a form of genocide? Restrictions on abortion rights, such as parental consent laws and banning late-term abortions, are also discussed, as well as the impact of abortion on society and on women''s physical and emotional health.

Presents a series of essays with varying viewpoints on the subject of criminal justice in the United States. Includes a list of organizations to contact.

From Publisher''s Website: For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes covering nearly every controversial contemporary topic, Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. By choosing from such diverse sources and including both popular and unpopular views, the Opposing Viewpoints editorial team has adhered to its commitment to editorial objectivity. Readers are exposed to many sides of a debate, which promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. In short, Opposing Viewpoints is the best research and learning tool for exploring the issues that continually shape and define our turbulent and changing world.

A collection of essays presents diverse viewpoints on genetic engineering, examining its claims to improve food, farming, and the treatment of disease in humans, and analyzing how governments should respond to the new technology.

From the Publisher''s Website: For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes covering nearly every controversial contemporary topic, Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. By choosing from such diverse sources and including both popular and unpopular views, the Opposing Viewpoints editorial team has adhered to its commitment to editorial objectivity. Readers are exposed to many sides of a debate, which promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. In short, Opposing Viewpoints is the best research and learning tool for exploring the issues that continually shape and define our turbulent and changing world.

A compendium of viewpoints--both pro and con--on several issues relating to immigration in American society.

From Booklist: "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model-not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections-by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens-include complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations-all up to date and fully documented. The editing is intelligent and unobtrusive, organizing the material around substantive issues within the general debate. Brief introductions to each section and to each reading focus the questions raised and offer no slick answers."

Presents a series of essays with varying viewpoints on the subject of education in the United States. Includes a list of organizations to contact.

Greenhaven Press''s At Issue Series Provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Each volume focuses on a specific issues and offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research. Enhancing critical thinking skills, each At Issue volume is an excellent research tool to help readers understand current social issues and prepare reports. Book jacket.

Across four chapters, readers will evaluate the impact of outsourcing on America, its impact on national security, whether the government should regulate it, and what the global impacts are of outsourcing. Essays are arranged in a pro versus con format, that provides an essential layer of objectivity when discussing tough topics. Should guest worker visas be expanded? Has China become a scapegoat for American outsourcing fears? Are the problems of outsourcing unprecedented? These questions are debated and answered among many other compelling queries.

Discusses conflicting opinions and viewpoints on issues concerning the Middle East.

Editor David M. Haugen helps readers to navigate through various issues relating to health care. Essays are arranged across four chapters, in a pro versus con format that debate each issue from divergent viewpoints. Readers will evaluate whether the American health care system needs reform and how it could be restructured. They will explore how it could be altered to help the uninsured. Lastly, they will look at the state level, evaluating how state programs could be altered. Essay sources include Medicare Rights Center, Partnership for Medicaid, Barack Obama, and Michelle Chen.

This book is a collection of articles in which authors examine the controversies surrounding the growth of alternative medicine and explore the consequences of complementary and alternative medicine''s growing acceptance.

Provides an overview, chronology of events, glossary and annotated bibliography for disability rights in the United States.

Contains twelve essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to Islamic fundamentalism, including jihad, institutionalized Christianity inciting the growth of Islamism, the United States'' relation to Islamism, and other topics; and provides contact information for organizations and a bibliography.

This volume on welfare and the welfare system helps readers understand both sides to several topics. Readers will evaluate whether reform is working, and how it impacts single mothers and guardians. They will consider the roll of pro-marriage policies, and whether the system encourages dependence. They will evaluate whether illegal immigrants should be allowed access, and what other solutions may be more effective. After learning about these and several other positions, your reader will have a top notch understanding of the welfare system.

Article about what Video Games teach from 1992.

A collection of essays exploring varying viewpoints on animal experimentation discusses such issues as the rights of animals, the ethical questions surrounding the tactics of animal rights activists, and the role of animal experimentation in medical research.

This book is a collection of articles in which authors offer various opinions on legalized gambling, Indian gaming, Internet gambling, lotteries, and racinos.

Presents a collection of essays exploring varying viewpoints on national security and the prevention of terrorism in the United States.

Technology has loaded our lives with tons of things we love, but is it harming us or making our lives better? This book presents a sequence of for-or-against essays that debate several issues relating to technology and society. Across four chapters, readers will analyze what technology''s impact is on society, whether technology impacts education, whether the government should regulate technology, and whether future technology will improve humanity.

What is the relationship between media representations of violence and violence in the real world? Video games, television, and film depict complex scenes of violence that millions watch each day. Does this translate into an acceptance of violence? Or, worse, a willingness to perpetuate violence? Are some story elements too problematic for young audiences? Are networks marketing violence to teens and young adults? This anthology interrogates relevant questions related to media violence from diverse perspectives. Critical essays and articles help readers to understand the debate beyond the talking points in the news. Includes discussion of the juvenile literature industry; violence in rap music; and media violence as a health risk to adolescents.

"Discussion of advantages and disadvantages associated with the use of coal as a source of energy."--From source other than the Library of Congress.

Provides an overview of types of American gambling regulated by federal and state legislation, including lotteries, horse racing, and casinos, and presents related study commission reports, statistics, and excerpted acts.

Gays and lesbians are a marginalized segment of American society, and homophobia and violence remain real threats to those who live an openly gay lifestyle. Personally affected by this reality, contributors to this anthology discuss coming to terms with their own identity as a homosexual in a primarily heterosexual world.