Open for Debate: Database

In the field of social policy, some topics are so complicated that they will always be subject to debate. Since no clear right or wring exists, they are consigned to the gray areas of ongoing dispute. Among such issues “open for debate” both across America and in this eye-opening series are national health care, abortion, and the right to die. Others address issues with highly disputable solutions, such as terrorism. Open for Debate explores the past, present, and future to shed light on complex, high-priority public policy. A lucid, readily accessible format offers the pros and cons of each issue with opinions from social policy experts. It features sidebars of fascination facts and easy-to-understand diagrams of key statistic. Open for Debate introduces future public policy thinkers to both sides of contemporary life-and-death concerns.