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100	1		_aCiment, James.
245	1	0	_aSocial Issues in America : _bAn Encyclopedia.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bTaylor & Francis Group, _c2006.
264		4	_c©2006.
300			_a1 online resource (2056 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Topic Finder -- Cross Reference Index -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Volume 1 -- 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 -- Bilingualism -- Birth Control -- Campaign Finance Reform -- Volume 2 -- 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 -- Defense Spending and Preparedness -- Deforestation and Logging -- Disability Rights -- Volume 3 -- Divorce and Child Custody -- Domestic Violence -- Drought and Aquifer Depletion -- Drug Abuse -- Drugs, War on -- Eating Disorders -- Energy Dependency -- Environmental Justice -- Environmentally Induced Illnesses -- Euthanasia -- Evolution Education -- Extinction and Species Loss: Biota Invasion and Habitat Destruction -- Farm Issues -- Food and Drug Safety -- Foster Care -- Gambling -- Gangs -- Gay and Lesbian Rights -- Genetic Engineering -- Gentrification -- Global Warming -- Gulf War Syndrome and Other Veterans' Illnesses -- Gun Violence and Gun Control -- Volume 4 -- Hate Crimes -- Hate Radio and Internet.
505	8		_aHate Speech -- Healthcare Reform -- Heart Disease and Cardiology -- Homelessness -- Housing, Affordable -- Human Experimentation -- Identity Theft -- Immigration Policy and Law -- Immigration, Illegal -- Indoor Air Pollution -- Infectious Disease and Epidemics -- Infrastructure Deterioration -- Intellectual Property Rights -- Journalistic Ethics -- Judicial Reform -- Juvenile Justice -- Legal Services for the Poor -- Literacy -- Mandatory Sentencing -- Marijuana -- Mass Transit -- Media Bias -- Media Consolidation -- Volume 5 -- 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 -- 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 -- Obesity -- Occupational Safety and Health -- Organ and Tissue Transplants -- Organic Foods -- Organized Crime -- Plagiarism, Literary and Artistic -- Police Abuse and Corruption -- Pornography -- Volume 6 -- Poverty and Wealth -- Prison Reform and Prisoner Rights -- Privacy -- Prostitution -- Public Opinion Polling -- Racial Profiling -- Rape -- Recycling and Conservation -- Redlining, Loan Discrimination, and Predatory Lending -- Rioting -- 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 -- Volume 7 -- Sweatshops -- Taxes and Tax Reform -- Term Limits.
505	8		_aTerrorism, Domestic -- Terrorism, Foreign -- Terrorism, War on -- Tobacco -- Tort Reform -- Toxic Waste -- Traffic Congestion -- Unemployment -- Unions -- Urban Sprawl -- Voluntarism and Volunteering -- Voting Issues -- Waste Disposal -- Water Pollution -- Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Welfare and Welfare Reform -- Wilderness Protection -- Women's Rights -- Xenophobia and Nativism -- Volume 8 -- Index.
520			_aA reference for those researching the historical and contemporary details of more than 170 issues confronting American society. The entries in this book cover several social issues - including economic, scientific, environmental, criminal, legal, security, health, and media topics.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aUnited States -- Social policy -- Encyclopedias.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aCiment, James _tSocial Issues in America _dOxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2006 _z9780765680617
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1982552 _zClick to View
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