Pro / Con Research Guide

Written by an author with wide expertise on Southern and Florida politics and districting, this book reveals the ways that some people are formally or effectively disenfranchised in America, and how control of the ballot and the voting process is manipulated--and then asks why we seem to tolerate it.

Gunfight promises to be a seminal work in its examination of America's four-centuries-long political battle over gun control and the right to bear arms.

Research-based evidence informs this guide to understanding—and combating—childhood obesity. Addressing medical, emotional, and psychological factors, the sensible and tested guidelines help parents create balanced meals, encourage physical activity, and partner with pediatricians, family, schools, and child-care providers in their fight against obesity.

Debatabase is a starting point on the road to participating
in debates. The volume provides a beginning for those
debaters who would like to learn about important topics
being argued in the public sphere. Debaters can use this
volume as a method of discovering the basic issues relevant to some of the more important topics being discussed in various public forums.

The immune-response perspective in cognitive development is intended to explore how certain environmental proteins and genetic factors affect neuro-cognitive development and mental health thereafter. Specifically, naturally occurring proteins are known to cause severe and pervasive immune responses.

Organized chronologically, this volume traces the legislative evolution of the franchise in America, as well as the significant federal and state court decisions that interpret the law to either extend or contract access to the vote. In each chapter a distinctive section offers examples of disputed elections (presidential and congressional) and the reform proposals that resulted, such as proposed constitutional amendments to eliminate the Electoral College.