This indispensable, one-stop resource examines where Democrats and Republicans stand on current civil rights and liberties issues related to voting, free speech, abortion and reproductive rights, guns, and other hot button topics.
Both the Democratic and Republican parties claim that they have the best interests of the nation and its people at heart, and they are equally adamant that they have the best policy solutions to address the nation's problems and challenges. Each volume in the Across the Aisle reference series examines the stated policy positions and actual voting/legislative records of the two parties (they are not always the same) on important areas of public policy, both historically and in the present day.
This volume sorts through the rhetorical clutter and partisan distortions that typify so many disputes between Republicans and Democrats and provides an accurate, balanced, and even-handed overview of the parties' attitudes and records on vital civil rights and liberties questions.
This book helps readers to better understand where Democrats and Republicans stand on current civil rights and liberties issues related to voting, free speech, abortion and reproductive rights, guns, and other hot-button topics.
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This book helps readers to better understand where Democrats and Republicans stand on current civil rights and liberties issues related to voting, free speech, abortion and reproductive rights, guns, and other hot-button topics.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology
Abortion
Capital Punishment
Disability Rights
Drug Policy
Education Policy
Environmental Justice
Freedom of Speech
Government Surveillance
Gun Control
Health Care
Housing Policy
Immigration
Information Privacy and Internet Freedom
LGBTQ Rights
Marriage Equality
Police and Criminal Justice Reform
Religious Liberty
School Choice
Voting Rights
Womens Rights
Bibliography
Index
About the Author and Contributors
Kara E. Stooksbury is Professor of political science and chair of the Department of History, Political Science, and Sociology at Carson-Newman University, USA.