Bøger af Noël Merino

A compendium of opinion on the severity, effects, constitutionality, and regulation of domestic surveillance.

A compendium of opinion on the severity, causes, legalities, and worldwide extent of violence against women.

"This title in the At Issue series investigates student loans...how increasing loan debt has gotten out of hand and what students should do about it. Government and private loans, repayment solutions, and the ecomonic impact of the student loan bubble are discussed."--Publisher description.

A compendium of opinion on the issue of immigration reform.

The national debate over the legalization of marijuana is heating up as states begin to legalize its use for medicinal and recreational purposes. This volume deepens the discussion on marijuana; should it be legal or not? Does it help or harm users? Should medicinal use only be allowed? Answers to these questions will be debated for years to come, but this collection of essays, in a pro versus con sequence, will help readers make up their own minds now.

Provides readers with pro and con arguments relating to income inequality.

Discusses issues relating to cybercrime, computer security, and data security.

This title explores issues related to the value of a college degree ers topics such as a college degree as an investment. It examines college degrees and if having one prepares people for today's jobs. It looks at college degrees and the US economy, college education as a right, and alternatives to a college degree.

This collection of articles, in a pro and con format, debates several issues relating to school reform. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate the policies that should guide reform, how students, teachers, and schools should be evaluated, the role of school choice in reform, and whether curriculum content should be reformed. Article sources include Marin Gjaja, J. Puckett, Herbert J. Walberg, Matt Ryder and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

This assembly of essays explores how the purchasing of firearms, background checks, and current firearm regulation are affecting the rate of gun related violence. Other topics include whether or not gun violence is on the rise and if there is cause for concern. This volume points to recent tragedies and statistical information to supplement varied and passionate viewpoints. Readers will use their critical thinking skills to develop their own intelligent viewpoints. Stellar essay sources include Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Ann Coulter, Dewey G. Cornell, Dave Kopel, and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

"Explores the most recent issues related to racial profiling, including: whether racial profiling is a problem; Arab Muslims and profiling in the war on terror; causes and consequences of racial profiling; and what to do about racial profiling"--

A look at the controversies surrounding drug legalization.

"This series covers today's most current national and international issues and the most important opinions of the past and present. The purpose of the series is to introduce readers to all sides of contemporary controversies"--

"This volume in the At Issue Series examines issues surrounding minorities and the law, including affirmative action, voter ID laws, and racial profiling."--Provided by publisher.

A compendium of opinion on the ethical aspects of such issues as religion vs. secularism, abortion, health care access, and the minimum wage.

A compendium of opinion surrounding the death penalty, including its ethics, public service, application, and reformation possibilites.

Explores the conflicting views about the inequality of wealth and income in the United States.

A compendium of opinion on the issue of guns and crime, including whether more stringent gun control would increase or decrease violence.

"Medical Testing: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"--

"Opposing Viewpoints: Abortion: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"--

"Global Viewpoints: Unemployment: This title examines the topic around the issues of the global problem of unemployment, the victims of unemployment, the causes of unemployment, and the solutions to unemployment"--

The National Alliance to End Homelessness states that there are 564,708 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in the U.S. The primary source writings in this anthology have been selected to provide your readers with a broad range of viewpoints on poverty and homelessness, including what role minimum wage plays. The essays in each chapter of this book represent contrasting viewpoints on government social assistance programs and income inequality. Students are encouraged to see the validity of divergent opinions, crucial to the development of critical thinking skills. An important question about the topic is presented in each chapter, and the viewpoints that follow are organized based on their response to the question. Fact boxes summarize important information for researchers, and an extensive bibliography is included.

Opposing Viewpoints: Education examines what the state of education is in America, if school alternatives are a good idea, if religion and religious ideas should be part of public education, and how the education system should be improved.

"Explores the life and work of Jon Krakauer, focusing particularly on the theme of wildness adventure in his popular book Into the Wild, and possible parallels between the real-life adventurer Chris McCandless and Krakauer himself"--

This essential volume explores whether gender roles are important, how gender roles affect parenting and reproduction, how gender roles affect the workplace, and how gender roles are changing. Essays 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, readers are exposed to many sides of a debate, which promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. Essay sources include Gender Spectrum, Mackubin Thomas Owens, Brenda Zurita, and Fredric Neuman.

This must-have volume explores extremism around the world. Essays share details of this topic from many countries and cultures, so the viewpoints are a panorama of beliefs outside of American-centric. Readers will learn about the causes of extremism, extremism and religion, and dealing with extremism. Primary sources, including speeches and government documents, join essays from international magazines and news sources. Places explored include Tunisia, Indonesia, Africa, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Israel, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

Contains twenty-four articles relating different perspectives on the topic of the wage gap.

Examines the issue of social justice and equality from a variety of international perspectives.