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This book provides readers with a variety of articles discussing the issues surrounding organ transplants. Essays explore ethical issues related to organ transplantation, global programs that encourage organ donation, issues…
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Relates the circumstances and aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.
A fully electronic voting system has great risks, including hacking and fraud. Are electronic voting systems accessible for the disabled? Are they reliable, accurate, and secure? This informative edition explores…
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Contains fifteen essays that provide varying perspectives on issues regarding charter schools, debating if they threaten the public education system, their regulation, funding, the achievement gap, and other topics.
In 2013, the military ban on women serving in combat was removed. For many years prior to this decision, however, this issue was a contentious topic of debate. This edition…
One in six people in America face hunger, but famine is a worldwide issue. Millions of people are starving across the globe. Give your readers an understanding of the ways…
This must-have volume delivers contemporary perspectives on the subject of indigenous peoples, with the majority of the material reflecting stances of countries other than the United States. Across four chapters…
Your readers are presented with a series of essays that expresses various perspectives on the twenty-first century risks to human health. Readers will explore risks such as cancer and cardiovascular…
It is very infrequent that activity of the North and South Pole makes the news, but these two areas are an essential part of life on our planet. Editor Diane…
This must-have volume explores current trends in religion around the world, such as the spread of Pentecostal Christianity, a religious revival in China, growth of Buddhism in New Zealand, and…
Diane Andrews Henningfeld
Explores in detail the range of current and impending challenges the planet faces as a result of global warming. Examines these issues from a variety of expert perspectives, highlights key…
Examines the issues surrounding the post hurricane Katrina governmental response and effects of the recovery efforts.
This book offers a collection of twenty-three essays that examines viewpoints on death and dying from around the world. Causes of death are examined, including increases in mortality due to…
Examines issues of medical ethics from a variety of international perspectives.
This book examines aspects of military weaponry, and whether or not these weapons are acceptable for use as part of a country’s military arsenal.
Education: Global Viewpoints examines current, often controversial, topics of worldwide interest and importance from a variety of international perspectives –
Boys who witness domestic violence are two times as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults. Abuse, whether conducted by a man or a woman…
Examines the events surrounding the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995.
Editor Diane Andrews Henningfeld takes your readers on a tour of various cultures’ views on adoption. Essays explore global trends in adoption, addressing such topics as transnational adoption and celebrity…
Examines the issue of disaster relief and natural disasters from a variety of international perspectives.
This must-have volume explores the events surrounding the Little Rock Nine crisis. Collected essays provide the historical background, from sources such as the National Park Service and Dwight D. Eisenhower…
Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue of women in Islam.
Several articles discuss the issues surrounding uranium mining.
Describes how nature and wildlife have been affected by global warming, and what steps are being taken to limit the effects now and in the future.
