New applications encourage students to think critically about controversial, contemporary issues including:
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The Snowden revelation about government surveillance
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The woman who married herself
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Punishing the use of guns
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Expanding U.N. powers
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Redistributing wealth
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Stand your ground laws
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The minimum wage
? A new strategy in Chapter 2 helps students with their will investigative skill. It is based on the principle that if you dont understand both (or all) sides of an issue, you dont understand the issue.
Every chapter concludes with Warm-Up Exercises, Applications, Issue for Extended Analysis