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Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Paul Waldau

Published in Print:: 10 February 2011

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569986

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199739974.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780199739974

In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. ... More

Antiquities: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Maxwell L. Anderson

Published in Print:: 26 January 2017

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569344

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190614928.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190614928

The destruction of ancient monuments and artworks by the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has shocked observers worldwide. Yet iconoclastic erasures of the ... More

Citizenship: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Peter J. Spiro

Published in Print:: 27 February 2020

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569719

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190917302.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190917302

Almost everyone has citizenship, and yet it has emerged as one of the most hotly contested issues of contemporary politics. Even as cosmopolitan elites and human rights advocates aspire to ... More

Almost everyone has citizenship, and yet it has emerged as one of the most hotly contested issues of contemporary politics. Even as cosmopolitan elites and human rights advocates aspire to some notion of “global citizenship,” populism and nativism have re-ignited the importance of national citizenship. Either way, the meaning of citizenship is changing. Citizenship once represented solidarities among individuals committed to mutual support and sacrifice, but as it is decoupled from national community on the ground, it is becoming more a badge of privilege than a marker of equality. Intense policy disagreement about whether to extend birthright citizenship to the children of unauthorized immigrants opens a window on other citizenship-related developments. At the same time that citizenship is harder to get for some, for others it is literally available for purchase. The exploding incidence of dual citizenship, meanwhile, is moving us away from a world in which states jealously demanded exclusive affiliation, to one in which individuals can construct and maintain formal multinational identities. Citizenship does not mean the same thing to everyone, nor have states approached citizenship policy in lockstep. Rather, global trends point to a new era for citizenship as an institution. In Citizenship: What Everyone Needs to Know®, legal scholar Peter J. Spiro explains citizenship through accessible terms and questions: what citizenship means, how you obtain citizenship (and how you lose it), how it has changed through history, what benefits citizenship gets you, and what obligations it extracts from you--all in comparative perspective. He addresses how citizenship status affects a person's rights and obligations, what it means to be stateless, the refugee crisis, and whether or not countries should terminate the citizenship of terrorists. He also examines alternatives to national citizenship, including sub-national and global citizenship, and the phenomenon of investor citizenship. Spiro concludes by considering whether nationalist and extremist politics will lead to a general retreat from state-based forms of association and the end of citizenship as we know it. Ultimately, Spiro provides historical and critical perspective to a concept that is a part of our everyday discourse, providing a crucial contribution to our understanding of a central organizing principle of the modern world.Less

Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Nadine Strossen

Published in Print:: Nov 2023

Published Online:: Jan 2024

eISBN:: 9780197699683

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780197699645.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780197699645

This book explains the key principles of modern First Amendment law, showing that it embodies universal values and is eminently sensible; it lets government outlaw the most dangerous ... More

The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)

Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss

Published in Print:: 23 June 2020

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569054

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190073466.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190073466

No topic is more polarizing than guns and gun control. From a gun culture that took root early in American history to the mass shootings that repeatedly bring the public discussion of gun ... More

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Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Alex Prud'homme

Published in Print:: 12 December 2013

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569863

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199311262.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780199311262

Constantly in the news and the subject of much public debate, fracking, as it is known for short, is one of the most promising yet controversial methods of extracting natural gas and oil. ... More

Constantly in the news and the subject of much public debate, fracking, as it is known for short, is one of the most promising yet controversial methods of extracting natural gas and oil. Today, 90 percent of natural gas wells use fracking. Though highly effective, the process-which fractures rock with pressurized fluid-has been criticized for polluting land, air, and water, and endangering human health. A timely addition to Oxford's What Everyone Needs to Know series, Hydrofracking tackles this contentious topic, exploring both sides of the debate and providing a clear guide to the science underlying the technique. In concise question-and-answer format, Alex Prud'homme cuts through the maze of opinions and rhetoric to uncover key points, from the economic and political benefits of fracking to the health dangers and negative effects on the environment. Prud'homme offers clear answers to a range of fundamental questions, including: What is fracking fluid? How does it impact water supplies? Who regulates the industry? How much recoverable natural gas exists in the U.S.? What new innovations are on the horizon? Supporters as diverse as President Obama and the conservative billionaire T. Boone Pickens have promoted natural gas as a clean, "21st-century" fuel that will reduce global warming, create jobs, and provide tax revenues, but concerns remain, with environmental activists like Bill McKibben and others leading protests to put an end to fracking as a means of obtaining alternative energy. Prud'homme considers ways to improve methods in the short-term, while also exploring the possibility of transitioning to more sustainable resources-wind, solar, tidal, and perhaps nuclear power-for the long term. Written for general readers, Hydrofracking clearly explains both the complex science of fracking and the equally complex political and economic issues that surround it, giving readers all the information they need to understand what will no doubt remain a contentious issue for years to come.Less

Impeachment: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Michael J. Gerhardt

Published in Print:: 30 August 2018

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569689

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190903664.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190903664

Impeachment: What Everyone Needs to Know® is the step back and deep reflection on the law of impeachment that everyone needs now. Written in an accessible and lively question-and-answer ... More

Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)

Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman

Published in Print:: 23 June 2016

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569214

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190262419.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190262419

Should marijuana be legalized? Since 2012 four US states have legalized commercial for-profit marijuana production and use, while Washington DC has legalized possession, growth and gifting ... More

Privacy: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Leslie P. Francis and John G. Francis

Published in Print:: 21 September 2017

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569337

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780190612269.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780190612269

We live more and more of our lives online; we rely on the internet as we work, correspond with friends and loved ones, and go through a multitude of mundane activities like paying bills, ... More

Sudan, South Sudan, and Darfur: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Andrew S. Natsios

Published in Print:: 07 June 2012

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197570005

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199764204.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780199764204

For thirty years Sudan has been a country in crisis, wracked by near-constant warfare between the north and the south. But on July 9, 2011, South Sudan became an independent nation. As ... More

Violence against Women: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Jacqui True

Published in Print:: 28 January 2021

Published Online:: 12 November 2020

eISBN:: 9780197569948

DOI:: 10.1093/wentk/9780199378944.001.0001

Format:: book

ISBN:: 9780199378944

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a longstanding problem that has increasingly come to the forefront of international and national policy debates and news: from the US ... More

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Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Paul Waldau

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Maxwell L. Anderson

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Peter J. Spiro

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Nadine Strossen

The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)

Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss

Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Alex Prud'homme

Impeachment: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Michael J. Gerhardt

Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)

Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman

Privacy: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Leslie P. Francis and John G. Francis

Sudan, South Sudan, and Darfur: What Everyone Needs to Know®

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