The publication of
National Security vs. Civil & Privacy Rights
couldn’t come at a better time. With topics such as Fake News, Social Media Privacy Debates, and Redefining Constitutional Amendments centering the news and media, it’s no wonder people need to be informed on the importance of privacy rights and the controversies encompassing it.
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Opinions throughout History: National Security vs. Civil & Privacy Rights
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What is more important: privacy or security? This is a question that has perplexed and intrigued philosophers, theologians, legal scholars, politicians, and the public alike for untold millennia. Human societies, wherever they occur and whatever form they take, require both: a system to protect against the dangers of the world and the ability for citizens to find refuge, to develop and keep private rituals and practices, and to have room away from the public gaze and the pressures of social life. Part of this debate necessarily involves trying to define what privacy is and why it is important.
Opinions throughout History National Security vs. Civil & Privacy Rights
offers a sweeping overview of the shifting tensions and public opinions fueled by Americans' expectations of privacy vs. their collective desire for national security. Beginning with the seminal "Privacy Rights" article in the
Harvard Law Review
in 1898, and ending with a recent Pew survey on Americans Attitudes about Privacy, Security and Surveillance, this volume makes for a remarkable series debut, and illustrates the dramatic shift of opinion, sparked by significant events, including perceived Communist threat, the publication of George Orwell's
Ninteen Eight-Four,
9/11, and the rash of recent terrorist attacks all around the world.
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Pub. Date: February 2018
ISBN: 978-1-68217-720-4
Price: $195.00
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Diving into how far the government has gone and "should" go in the name of national security, this volume analyzes primary and secondary source documents such as Supreme Court decisions, articles from respected periodicals, and legislation. Coverage includes domestic spying, Apple's refusal to help with "back door" access of the iPhone, and the differences between President Obama's and President Trump's surveillance policies. Readers will read first hand of the current challenges to both privacy and national security that pit fears of an emerging surveillance state against a need for national security in a dangerous world.
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Opinions throughout History: Immigration
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This volume tracks the changing national views on immigration. Historian at-large Micah Issitt traces the path of public opinion and policy on immigration in American history, with each chapter providing insightful commentary on a selected primary source. Drawing from the popular press, key court and legislative battles, speeches, social activism and opinion polls
, Opinions Throughout History: Immigration
will offer readers mixed sources of information woven together to highlight the overall momentum of developing public opinion on this perennial policy issue. Issues discussed are historic patterns of immigration from Ellis Island to the Homestead Act, fear of immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Act, racism and immigration law, the establishment of quotas, eminent domain, the War on Terror, displaced persons and refugees as well as border patrol.
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Opinions throughout History: Gender Roles
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Opinions throughout History: Gender Roles
offers readers mixed sources of information woven together to highlight the overall momentum of developing public opinion. As forces compete to move the needle of popular thought on this issue, readers will see the tense push and pull between traditional and modern definitions of prescribed gender roles. Issues discussed include historic patterns of gender balance, religion's role in community organization, feminism's impact on defining gender roles for men and women at home and in the workplace, family-centered social policy, the backlash against progressive gender politics, the gender pay parity movement, and the passionate activism of #metoo as a response to corporate and the government workplace sexual harassment.
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Opinions throughout History: Drug Abuse & Drug Epidemics
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Opinions Throughout History: Drug Abuse & Drug Epidemics
explores the origins and impacts of what many experts now call a pandemic of opioid abuse in America. With commentary from public heath experts and the inclusion of more than 30 primary sources, this volume also explores the origins, costs, and sharply polarized opinions regarding the decades old war on drugs, including discussion of opinions related to disparities in drug law convictions and punishments, and the effects of mass criminalization.
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Opinions throughout History: Environmentalism
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Opinions throughout History: Environmentalism
offers readers mixed sources of information woven together to highlight the overall momentum of developing public opinion around "green" thinking and environmental policy. As commercial and conservation forces compete to shape popular opinion on this issue readers will see the constant tension between development of natural resources for human benefit and "leaving no trace" thinking in the natural world. From Smoky the Bear to Earth Day, this volume tracks public opinion from activists to boardrooms and will consider an array of issues including public belief in or skepticism of climate science, the establishment of national parks and conversation areas and threats to their future, animal conversation, the environmental impact of energy independence, funding for environmental research, GMO policies and agribusiness and electric cars and eco urban development.
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