books about: debate     books:       The Democratic Debate: An Introduction to American Politics3 reviews Bruce Miroff, Raymond Seidelman, ... Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 Excellent Text This text provides a unique and important introduction to American politics. Its central theme--that the anti-federalist discontent with the U.S. Constitution established conflict patterns that occur even in the present day--offers a unique way to analyse American politics. This approach easily connects students with on-going political events. E.g. Arguments today about the Iraq War are ...             Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives200 reviews George Lakoff Chelsea Green, 2004 Thinking Outside THE Box I was one of millions of people who watched Faux News only-just 'for fun'. Now I understand why 9 million dollar salary of Bill O'reilly worth every penny.             A Rulebook for Arguments39 reviews Anthony Weston Hackett Pub Co Inc, 2000 Makes a terrible doorstop, so you may as well read it... Everyone needs critical thinking. But who wants to learn it? Most books drone on and on about this or that rule with esoteric Latin terms seeping from every page. In such cases, critical thinking would suggest astute readers close the book and convert it to a doorstop. Thankfully, there's "A Rulebook for Arguments." This minuscule, concise, but nonetheless conceptually beefy book will cause ...             The Enduring Debate: Classic and Contemporary Readings in American Politics, Fifth Edition W. W. Norton & Company, 2008 The most comprehensive reader available for courses in American government, The Enduring Debate, Fourth Edition, balances classic and contemporary selections from a variety of scholarly and popular sources. In addition, each chapter presents at least two readings in debate-style format, encouraging students to read critically and to explore the different sides of an issue.             The Debate on the Constitution : Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the ...7 reviews Library of America, 1993 Provides a complete environment for the Federalist Papers Study of the Federalist Papers, of course included in this two volume series, is a conduit for understanding the American ethic. When the Federalist Papers are viewed as included in this chronological deliberation between the Federalists and Antifederalists, they become even more profound than the enormous depth they can achieve when read alone. The concerns of Brutus and Agrippa are answered, ...             The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition (The Knox College Lincoln Studies Center) University of Illinois Press, 2008 While the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas are undoubtedly the most celebrated in American history, they may also be the most consequential as well. For the issues so fiercely debated in 1858 were about various interrelated aspects of one momentous, nation-threatening issue: slavery. The contest between Lincoln and Douglas became a testing ground for the viability of conflicting ideals in a nation deeply divided. One of the ...             Speak Out! Debate and Public Speaking in the Middle Grades6 reviews John Meany, Kate Shuster International Debate Education Association, 2005 The perfect foundation for a debate team/class Speak Out! Debate and Public Speaking in the Middle Grades serves as a debate bible for the overworked innovative teacher. The authors do an excellent job of creating a user friendly book for both middle school students and their teachers. Although I have taught middle school debate for over ten years, I found myself saying "ah-ha" at an alarming rate while reading. When I think of this book, ...             No Debate4 reviews George Farah Seven Stories Press, 2004 A Must Read for People Concerned About Democracy This is a must read for anyone who has found American politics to be oddly and uncomfortably narrow. Have you ever wondered why you don't get to see some of the candidates you want see, like Perot, Nader, and Buchanan? Have you ever wondered why you don't hear about some critical issues, like free trade, government waste, immigration, child poverty, and media concentration? Have you ever ...             Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America13 reviews Allen C. Guelzo Simon & Schuster, 2008 Lincoln and Douglas Debates 1858 This book is an informative account of the debates and the caliber of politics for that time. The electorial process was as flawed then as it is now. Lincoln had the popular vote however did not win the election. However the debates exposed Lincoln to the whole country and set the stage for his later success in the 1860 Presidential Elections. James Squires, St Johns, Newfoundland, ...             Competitive Debate: The Official Guide Ph.D., Richard E. Edwards Alpha, 2008 The bible for debaters and their coaches. Nearly every high school and college in America has a debate club and/or a debate team. There are hundreds of competitions at the county and state level, culminating in heated national competitions. Yet, at many high schools and colleges, coaches are drawn from the history or English departments with little or no experience in the highly structured procedures of this popular discipline. And while ...             Inside the Presidential Debates: Their Improbable Past and Promising Future1 review Newton N. Minow, Craig L. LaMay University Of Chicago Press, 2008 Timely, timely book I know I'm biased, since I'm a family member, but Newton Minow's book really does take the reader inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy Nixon to the present day. Minow has been on the Presidential Debates Commission and its predecessors and shows you the good as well as the bad. Must reading for this election season.             Basic Debate, Student Edition4 reviews McGraw-Hill Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2005 An excellent resource for teachers and students of debate Focusing on the major types of debate that common for high school students, this book is designed to serve as a primer on debate, although it would be a useful resource for more experienced debaters also. The first several chapters deal with the building blocks for argumentation -- analysis, research and reasoning, with exercises and discussion topics included after each chapter. The authors ...             You Decide! Current Debates in American Politics, 2008 Edition (5th Edition) (You Decide!) John T. Rourke Longman, 2007 This best-selling, debate-style reader is edited and updated annually by John Rourke to examine the most important and provocative issues in American politics.   The topics featured in You Decide! have been selected for their currency, importance, and student interest, and the pieces arguing various sides of a given issue come from recent journals, congressional hearings, think tanks, and periodicals.   The text has once again been ...             Classic Readings and Contemporary Debates in International Relations Phil Williams, Donald M. Goldstein, ... Wadsworth Publishing, 2005 CLASSIC READINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS helps you develop an understanding of the diversity of approaches to the study of international relations and an appreciation of the key concepts and frameworks. Familiar themes of peace and war, conflict and cooperation, independence and interdependence, order and disorder, anarchy and society, sovereignty and intervention, power and hierarchy organize the readings while introductions in each section ...             The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text4 reviews Harold Holzer Fordham University Press, 2004 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: There Were Giants in Those Days The series of debates in Illinois between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 campaign for the U.S. Senate are one of those legendary political encounters of which everyone has heard but few have gone back and actually read. However, since Lincoln never kept any of his papers prior to winning the Presidency, we do not have autograph copies of his Cooper Union or House Divided ...             Argumentation and Debate1 review Austin J. Freeley, David L. Steinberg Wadsworth Publishing, 2008 Best Basic Debate Text Available When I learned debate, it was the 1996 version of this book, but it has gotten better! This is a great book whether you are a beginning novice debater wanting to learn how to compete in academic debate or an experience debater looking to solidify your theory arguments.             The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy (Basic Bioethics)4 reviews The MIT Press, 2001 Must read on timely issue Stem cells- the leading newspaper topic before the September 11 horrors and a topic to which we are of necessity returning. This book is an amazingly readable compilation of information on the science, the positions. the impact of the research (or failure to do the research),and the pros and cons of regulation. In a time when not only the government's but also the public's views on this issue are ...             The Presidential Debates: Fifty Years of High Risk TV1 review Alan Schroeder Columbia University Press, 2008 Very Readable and Thorough Professor Schroeder's book is both readable and scholarly. The book examines almost every aspect of the presidential debates, from the audiences, to the moderators, to the competitors. Schroeder includes many interesting and little-known facts about the debates. For instance, Reagan himself crafted the "there you go again line"; Nixon remarked on Kennedy's tan before the famous 1960 debate ...             Issues for Debate in American Public Policy: Selections from CQ Researcher, 8th Edition (Issues for Debate in ...3 reviews The CQ Researcher CQ Press, 2007 College Textbooks If needing to buy textbooks online due to high prices at school's or stores, I do suggest you do so because you receive them fairly quickly for sometimes even half the price of what you would pay at your school's bookstore.             The Torture Debate in America1 review Cambridge University Press, 2005 critically important intellectual material Few questions are more relevant to our times than that of the resurrection (as if it had ever actually died!) of judicial torture. No longer safely able to stand tall and insular on its humanistic pedestal, America must face this issue NOW. People think of screws and boots and wedges and coals, but such medievalism is no longer remotely relevant: far more reliable (not to mention quicker) results ...              search for books 1787-february, antifederalist, argumentation, arguments, bioethics, competitive, complete, constitution, contemporary, democratic, elephant, embryonic, essential, february, federalist, improbable, international, introduction, lincoln-douglas, politics, presidential, progressives, promising, ratification, relations, researcher, selections, september, speeches, unexpurgated books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Mystery of the Kingdom (Kingdom Studies) leave a comment home  impressum - about us