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ABC-Clio.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Two-volume work (2009), edited by Joye Gelb and Marian Palley, is a guide to the role of women in political systems worldwide. Volume 1 consists of thematic essays, such as "Education for Women in Comparative Perspective," while Volume 2 profiles 22 individual countries.
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Guttmacher Institute.
Available online.
"Laws requiring parental involvement in minors' abortions--promoted by their proponents as a way of encouraging parent-child communication and lowering the teen abortion rate--appear to do little to reduce teen abortion or pregnancy rates, according to a new comprehensive review of published research on the effects of such laws."
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University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Available online.
"Dr. Gregory Parks and Professor Jeffrey Rachlinski argue that any announcement of the arrival of a 'post-racial America' is premature, as the presidential campaign actually revealed an implicit racial bias present in 'most white adult brains.' The stereotypical criticisms of Obama, explicit racial references by supporters of opposing candidates, and 'deeply racially stratified voting' were, in fact, 'reflection[s] of how contemporary racism works.'" Professor Richard Epstein disagrees.
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Institute for the Study of Secularism, Trinity College.
Available online.
This is an important "landmark series of large, nationally representative surveys of U.S. adults in the 48 contiguous states" on "how contemporary Americans identify themselves religiously."
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