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Taking Sides. Clashing Views On Economic Issues

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selected, edited, and with introductions by Frank J. Bonello, Isobel Lobo
Publication Details
Book, 14th ed, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2010
Description
TAKING SIDES: WORLD POLITICS, 14/e presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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United States · Economic policy · 1971-1981 · 1981-1993 · 1993-2001 · Economic conditions · 2001-2009 · Bonello, Frank J · Lobo, Isobel
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REFERENCE (MAIN) HC106.7 .T34 2010 AVAILABLE

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Taking Sides. Clashing Views On Political Issues

Attribution
selected, edited, and with introductions by George McKenna and Stanley Feingold
Publication Details
Book, 16th ed., expanded, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2010
Description
TAKING SIDES volumes present current issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript or challenge questions. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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United States. · Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 · Right and left (Political science) · Campaign funds · United States · Wiretapping · National security · Racial profiling in law enforcement · Illegal aliens · Border security · War on Terrorism, 2001- · Free trade · Prisoners · Legal status, laws, etc. · Church and state · Debates and debating · Politics and government · 1945-1989 · 1989-1993 · 1993-2001 · 2001- · McKenna, George · Feingold, Stanley, 1926-
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The Limits Of Power : The End Of American Exceptionalism

Attribution
Andrew J. Bacevich
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Metropolitan Books, 2008
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Description
From an acclaimed conservative historian and former military officer, a bracing call for a pragmatic confrontation with the nation’s problems The Limits of Power identifies a profound triple crisis facing America: the economy, in remarkable disarray, can no longer be fixed by relying on expansion abroad; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Power (Social sciences) · United States · Politics and government · 1993-2001 · 2001- · Bacevich, A. J
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(LOWER LEVEL) JK271 .B24 2008 AVAILABLE

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The Impact Of Women In Congress

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Debra L. Dodson
Publication Details
Book, Oxford University Press, 2006
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- Table of contents only
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Drawing on three key case studies (reproductive health, women’s health, and health policy) from the 103rd and 104th Congresses, Dodson highlights the complex forces that shape what women members do and their influence on the institution. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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United States. · Congress · (103rd : · 1993-1994) · (104th : · 1995-1996) · Women in politics · United States · Women legislators · Politics and government · 1993-2001 · Dodson, Debra L
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The Pact : Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, And The Rivalry That Defined A Generation

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Steven M. Gillon
Publication Details
Book, Oxford University Press, 2008
Description
With the cooperation of both President Clinton and Speaker Gingrich, interviews with key players who have never before spoken about their experiences, along with unprecedented access to Gingrich’s private papers, Gillon not only offers a behind-the-scenes look at the budget impasse and the government shutdown in 1995–the famous face-off between Clinton and Gingrich–but he also reveals how the two moved closer together after 1996–closer than anyone knew. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Clinton, Bill, · 1946- · Gingrich, Newt · United States · Politics and government · 1993-2001 · Gillon, Steven M
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Taking Sides : Clashing Views On Economic Issues

Attribution
selected, edited, and with introductions by Frank J. Bonello, Isobel Lobo
Publication Details
Book, 13th ed, McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Learning Series, 2008
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- Table of contents only
- Publisher description
Description
This Thirteenth Edition of TAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS ON ECONOMIC ISSUES presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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United States · Economic policy · 1971-1981 · 1981-1993 · 1993-2001 · Economic conditions · 2001- · Bonello, Frank J · Lobo, Isobel
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Taking Sides : Clashing Views On Political Issues

Attribution
selected, edited, and with introductions by George McKenna and Stanley Feingold
Publication Details
Book, 15th ed., expanded, McGraw-Hill, 2008
Description
This EXPANDED Fifteenth Edition of TAKING SIDES: POLITICAL ISSUES presents two additional current controversial issues. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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United States. · Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 · Right and left (Political science) · Campaign funds · United States · Wiretapping · National security · Racial profiling in law enforcement · Illegal aliens · Border security · War on Terrorism, 2001- · Free trade · Prisoners · Legal status, laws, etc. · Church and state · Debates and debating · Politics and government · 1945-1989 · 1989-1993 · 1993-2001 · 2001- · McKenna, George · Feingold, Stanley, 1926-
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At The Center Of The Storm : My Years At The CIA

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George Tenet with Bill Harlow
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, HarperCollins, 2007
Description
Candid and gripping, At the Center of the Storm recounts George Tenet’s time at the Central Intelligence Agency, a revealing look at the inner workings of the most important intelligence organization in the world during the most challenging times in recent history. In At the Center of the Storm, George Tenet draws on his unmatched experience within the opaque mirrors of intelligence and provides crucial information previously undisclosed to offer a moving, revelatory profile of both a man and a nation in times of crisis. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Tenet, George, · 1953- · United States. · Central Intelligence Agency · Officials and employees · Biography · Intelligence officers · United States · Intelligence service · Foreign relations · 1993-2001 · 2001- · Tenet, George, 1953- · Harlow, Bill, 1950-
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(LOWER LEVEL) JK468.I6 T42 2007 AVAILABLE

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A Moment Of Crisis : Jimmy Carter, The Power Of A Peacemaker, And North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions

Attribution
Marion V. Creekmore, Jr
Publication Details
Book, PublicAffairs, 2006
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- Table of contents
Description
Writing with the cooperation of President Carter, and drawing on a large amount of primary source material that has never been used before, Creekmore, who accompanied Carter into North Korea, delivers a gripping narrative of the former President on one of his most remarkable missions, a clear-eyed investigation into the controversies and successes of the mission and others like it, and an illuminating look at how to best handle North Korea and other “rogue regimes.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Carter, Jimmy, · 1924- · Nuclear crisis control · History · 20th century · United States · Foreign relations · Korea (North) · 1993-2001 · Creekmore, Marion V., 1939-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E183.8.K7 C74 2006 AVAILABLE

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Taking Sides : Clashing Views On Political Issues

Attribution
selected, edited, and with introductions by George McKenna and Stanley Feingold
Publication Details
Book, 15th ed, McGraw-Hill, 2007
Description
TAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS ON POLITICAL ISSUES presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Right and left (Political science) · United States · Politics and government · 1945-1989 · 1989-1993 · 1993-2001 · 2001- · McKenna, George · Feingold, Stanley, 1926-
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Chutes And Ladders : Navigating The Low-wage Labor Market

Attribution
Katherine S. Newman
Publication Details
Book, Russell Sage Foundation, 2006
Description
Now that the welfare system has been largely dismantled, the fate of America’s poor depends on what happens to them in the low-wage labor market. More than a story of the shifting fortunes of the labor market, Chutes and Ladders asks probing questions about the motivations of low-wage workers, the dreams they have for the future, and their understanding of the rules of the game. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Minorities · Employment · New York (State) · New York · Career development · United States · Social mobility · Working poor · Economic conditions · 1981-2001 · Economic policy · 1993-2001 · Newman, Katherine S., 1953-
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(LOWER LEVEL) HD8081.A5 N49 2006 AVAILABLE

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The 1990s

Attribution
Richard A. Schwartz
Publication Details
Book, Facts On File, 2006
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- Table of contents
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Nineteen nineties · United States · History · 1969- · Politics and government · 1993-2001 · 1989-1993 · Schwartz, Richard Alan, 1951-
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Virginity Or Death! : And Other Social And Political Issues Of Our Time

Attribution
Katha Pollitt
Publication Details
Book, Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
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- SAMPLE TEXT
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United States · Social conditions · 1980- · Politics and government · 2001- · 1993-2001 · Pollitt, Katha
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(LOWER LEVEL) HN59.2 .P653 2006 AVAILABLE

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Tracking America’s Economy

Attribution
Norman Frumkin
Publication Details
Book, 4th ed, M.E. Sharpe, 2004
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Economic forecasting · United States · Economic indicators · Economic policy · 1981-1993 · 1993-2001 · 2001- · Frumkin, Norman
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(LOWER LEVEL) HC106.8 .F78 2004 AVAILABLE

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Stickin’ : The Case For Loyalty

Attribution
James Carville
Publication Details
Book, Simon & Schuster, 2000
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Description
Luckily, another bit of wisdom about the Beltway is also true: the people in Washington aren’t like the ones in the rest of the country. In Stickin’, the always colorful and insightful political strategist James Carville, who has been accused of being loyal, examines this much-maligned and misunderstood political good. He praises some loyal people and skewers some deserving backstabbers. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Clinton, Bill, · 1946- · Political culture · Washington (D.C.) · Loyalty · United States · Politics and government · 1993-2001 · Carville, James
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(LOWER LEVEL) JA75.7 .C37 2000 AVAILABLE

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