Editor: Justin Healey
ISBN 978 1 921507 18 2
Year 2010

Price: $34.95

Issues and Opinions
Volume 1
128 pages 12 chapters 69 authors 86 articles

Issues and Opinions Volume 1 is the first book in an ongoing series of annual volumes, featuring collections of recently published opinions on a range of contemporary Australian social issues which have been the focus of public debate.

Each chapter comprises a concise introduction to a given issue, followed by a variety of thought-provoking opinions from media commentators, politicians, academics and interest groups. Each chapter ends with a compilation of pros and cons in the debate, and a list of relevant websites for further research.

There are 12 chapters in this book, each featuring a topic for debate:

• Stem cell research
• Climate change
• Globalisation
• Child care
• Australia’s federal system of government
• Food advertising and children
• Multiculturalism
• Intervention in indigenous communities
• Criminal justice and punishment
• Internet censorship
• Australian bill of rights
• Legalisation of illicit drugs