Encyclopedia of contemporary American social issues / Michael Shally-Jensen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shally-Jensen, Michael.

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Gale virtual reference library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and government.

Economic conditions.

United States--Social conditions--Encyclopedias.

United States.

Social conditions.

United States--Economic conditions--Encyclopedias.

United States--Politics and government--Encyclopedias.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 volumes) : illustrations.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2011]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Vol. 1: Business and economy

Vol. 2: Criminal justice

Vol. 3: Family and society

Vol. 4: Environment, science, and technology.

v. 1. Business and Economy

Preface

Advertising and The Invasion of Privacy

Affirmative Action

Bank Bailouts

Conglomeration and Media Monopolies

Consumer Credit and Household Debt

Corporate Governance

Corporate Tax Shelters

Debt, Deficits, and the Economy

Dumping of Imports

Election Campaign Finance

Executive Pay

Financial Regulation

Foreign Direct Investment

Free Trade

Glass Ceiling

Globalization

Government Subsidies

Health Care

Immigrant Workers

Income Tax, Personal

Intellectual Property Rights

Interest Groups And Lobbying

Labor, Organized

Marketing of Alcohol and Tobacco

Marketing to Children

Marketing to Women and Girls

Minimum Wage

Oil Economics and Business

Outsourcing and Offshoring

Pensions

Poverty and Race

Prescription Drug Costs

Sex and Advertising

Social Security

Supply Chain Security and Terrorism

Sustainability

Trade Deficits (And Surpluses)

Unemployment

War and the Economy.

v. 2. Criminal Justice

African American Criminal Injustice

Alternative Treatments For Criminal Offenders

Border Fence

Class Justice

Corporate Crime

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Cybercrime

Death Penalty

Dna Usage in Criminal Justice

Domestic Violence Interventions

Drug Trafficking and Narco-Terrorism

Dwi and Drug Testing

Expert Witness Testimony

Eyewitness Identification

Gang Injunction Laws

Gun Control

Human Smuggling and Trafficking

Identity Theft

Immigration and Employment Law Enforcement

Insanity Defense

Juvenile Justice

Juveniles Treated as Adults

Miranda Warnings

Miscarriages of Justice

Patriot Act

Police Brutality

Police Corruption

Prison Construction

Prison Sexual Assault

Prisons

Supermax

Public Defender System

Racial, National Origin, and Religion Profiling

Right-Wing Extremism

School Violence

Search Warrants

Serial Murder and Mass Murder

Sex-Offender Registries

Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment

Social Justice

Three-Strikes Laws

War on Drugs.

v. 3. Family and Society

Abortion

Addiction and Family

Adoption

international and Transracial

African American Fathers and Absenteeism

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Bilingual Education

Birth Control

Charter Schools

Child Abuse

Child Care

Clergy Sex-Abuse Scandal

Corporal Punishment

Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Evolution

Deadbeat Parents

Desegregation

Divorce

Domestic Partnerships

Domestic Violence

behaviors and Causes

Dropouts

Drugs

Early Childhood Education

Eating Disorders

Elder Abuse

Elder Care

Employed Mothers

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Foster Care

Gambling

Gangs

Gay Parent Adoption

Gays in the Military

Gender Socialization

Government Role in Schooling

Homelessness

Immigration Reform

Inclusive Schooling

Juvenile Delinquency

Mental Health

New Religious Movements

No Child Left Behind (Nclb)

Nutrition In Schools

Obscenity and Indecency

Pornography

Poverty and Public Assistance

Prayer In Public Schools

Religious Symbols On Government Property

School Choice

Self-Injury and Body Image

Shock Jocks, Or Rogue Talk Radio

Standardized Testing

Steroid Use By Athletes

Suicide and Suicide Prevention

Surrogacy

Teen Pregnancy

Video Games

Violence and Media.

v. 4. Environment, Science, and Technology

Acid Rain

Aging Infrastructure

Air Pollution

Airport and Aviation Security

Animals Used For Testing and Research

Automobile Energy Efficiencies

Biodiesel

Biotechnology

Brownfields Development

Cancer

Carbon Offsets

Carbon Taxes

Childhood Asthma and the Environment

Children and Cancer

Climate Change

Clinical Trials And Scientific Ethics

Cloning

Coal

Cumulative Emissions: Impacts and Risks

Deep Ecology and Radical Environmentalism

Emissions Trading

Endangered Species

Environmental Audits and Industrial Privilege

Environmental Impact Statements

Environmental Justice

Epidemics and Pandemics

Eugenics

Federal Environmental Land Use

Food Safety

Fossil Fuels

Genetic Engineering

Genetically Modified Organisms

Global Warming

HIV/AIDS

Hormone Disruptors: Endocrine Disruptors

Human Genome Project

Incineration and Resource Recovery

Industrial Agricultural Practices and the Environment

Industrial Feeding Operations for Animas

Influenza

Internet

Land Pollution

Lead Exposure

Logging

Medical Ethics

Medical Marijuana

Mining of Natural Resources

Missile Defense

National Parks and Concessions

Nature Versus Nurture

Nuclear Energy

Obesity

Off-Label Drug Use

Oil Drilling and the Environment: The Case of Anwr

Persistent Organic Pollutants

Pesticides

Reproductive Technology

Robots and Social Robotics

Solar Energy

Sprawl

Stem Cell Research

Stock Grazing and the Environment

Surveillance

Technological

Transportation and the Environment

Vaccines

Voting Technologies

Waste Management

Water Pollution

Watershed Protection and Soil Conservation

Wild Animal Reintroduction

Wind Energy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Encyclopedia of contemporary American social issues.

ISBN:

9780313392054

0313392056

Publisher Number:

99990106447

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Restricted for use by site license.