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CURRENT EVENTS AND ISSUES


                                   FORTHCOMING                                        NEW

                                 Stand Together                                      The Morality of
                                 or Starve Alone                                     Self-Defense and

                                 Unity and Chaos in the                              Military Action
                                 U.S. Food Movement                                  The Judeo-Christian
                                                                                     Tradition
                                 MARK WINNE
                                 America has a perplexing,                           DAVID B. KOPEL
                                 multifaceted problem that                           Shedding new light on a
            November 2017        combines hunger, obesity,      February 2017        controversial and intriguing issue,
            210pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4   and unhealthy food. This book   471pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4   this book will reshape the debate
            Print: 978-1-4408-4447-8   examines how this situation was   Print: 978-1-4408-3277-2   on how the Judeo-Christian
            $46.00, £36.00, €42.00   created and shows how people   $48.00, £37.00, €44.00   tradition views the morality of
            eBook: 978-1-4408-4448-5                            eBook: 978-1-4408-3278-9
                                 working together can resolve this                   personal and national self-
                                 longstanding issue.                                 defense.
            FEATURES                                            FEATURES
            •  Taps the available evidence and interviews with some of   •  Examines Jewish and Christian sacred writings and commentary
              the nation’s leading food activists and academics to unveil   and explores how interpretations have changed over time
              compelling strategies to end hunger and reduce obesity

                                                                DAVID B. KOPEL, JD, is adjunct professor of advanced
            MARK WINNE is senior advisor to the Center for a Livable   constitutional law at Denver University, Sturm College of Law.
            Future at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He
            is cofounder of the Community Food Security Coalition, where he
            also worked as the Food Policy Council Program Director.
                                                                                       NEW
                                                                                     Disability and
                                   FORTHCOMING
                                                                                     U.S. Politics
                                 Controversies                                       Participation, Policy,

                                 on Campus                                           and Controversy
                                 Debating the Issues                                 2 VOLUMES
                                 Confronting American                                DANA LEE BAKER, EDITOR
                                 Universities in the                                 More than 1 billion people
                                 21st Century                                        worldwide have a disability, and they
                                                                January 2017
                                 JOY L. BLANCHARD, EDITOR       552pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4   are all affected by politics. This two-
                                                                Print: 978-1-4408-3922-1   volume work explores key topics at
            January 2018         Providing a comprehensive                           the heart of disability policy, such as
            360pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4                                  $138.00, £107.00, €126.00
            Print: 978-1-4408-5219-0   review of pressing issues roiling   eBook: 978-1-4408-3923-8  voting, race, gender, age, health care,
            $73.00, £57.00, €67.00   American college campuses   social security, transportation, abuse, and the environment.
            eBook: 978-1-4408-5220-6  today, this book is a valuable
                                                                FEATURES
            resource for students and scholars alike.
                                                                •  Explains all stages of disability policy development, including
            FEATURES                                             the framing of issues in the political participation of disability,
                                                                 current policy, retired policy, and cutting-edge issues likely to
            •  Offers critical arguments for policy formation or reform   motivate policy in decades to come
              regarding legal issues, policy issues, and student
              development issues in higher education
                                                                DANA LEE BAKER, PhD, is associate professor in the School
                                                                of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs at Washington State
            JOY L. BLANCHARD, PhD, is associate professor of higher   University.
            education at Louisiana State University.


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