Issues for Debate in Social Policy
Selections From CQ Researcher
Social Welfare Policy/Social Policy
Are women better off today than they were 50 years ago? |
Are women limiting themselves? |
Should workplaces become more accommodating for women? |
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Should international adoptions be promoted? |
Has the Hague Convention improved the international adoption process? |
Can the decline in international adoptions be reversed? |
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Should Congress expand welfare funding? |
Are poor children now in elementary school a lost generation? |
Is single motherhood a bigger cause of child poverty than the low-wage economy? |
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Should governments oversee home schooling more strictly? |
Is home schooling academically superior to public schooling? |
Can home schooling help the public school system? |
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Does the Tea Party represent only a narrow segment of the population? |
Will the Tea Party movement reshape the Republican Party? |
Does the Tea Party attract conspiracy theorists? |
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Are catastrophic climate change impacts inevitable? |
Is climate engineering a good idea? |
Should the United States adopt a carbon tax? |
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Are governments and society more receptive to gay rights? |
Does a backlash threaten advances made by gays? |
Should the United Nations and other international bodies be promoting gay rights? |
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Are federal programs to assist homeless students working? |
Are school systems doing enough to help homeless students? |
Do homeless students have more academic troubles than other disadvantaged students? |
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Is the VA benefits system broken beyond repair? |
Is the VA adjusting to the needs of 21st-century combat and technology? |
Is the VA improving rapidly enough? |
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Is too much being spent on mandatory programs? |
Is too much being spent on Social Security and Medicare? |
Is too much being spent on discretionary programs? |
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Would raising the federal minimum wage mean job losses? |
Would raising the federal minimum wage reduce poverty? |
Would raising the federal minimum wage help the economy? |
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Should the health care law be repealed? |
Will Americans be better off because of the health care law? |
Will the health care law cost too much? |
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Should Americans work longer? |
Will spending on health care for the elderly bankrupt the United States? |
Will the young and old fight over resources? |
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Would a ban on assault weapons reduce gun violence? |
Would mandatory background checks of all gun buyers keep guns away from criminals and other dangerous people? |
Do state laws allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons make communities safer? |
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Should states make it easier to force the mentally ill into treatment? |
Does the medical profession define mental illness too broadly? |
Do insurers treat mental and physical health equally? |
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Should violent partners be arrested and prosecuted against a victim’s wishes? |
Do batterer intervention programs work? |
Can health care practitioners effectively screen and counsel victims of domestic violence? |
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Has the border security buildup made the United States more secure? |
Is it possible to “seal” the U.S. borders? |
Is the United States paying enough attention to security at its ports of entry, Canadian border and coasts? |
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Do the terminally ill have a right to choose when to end their lives? |
Does permitting assisted suicide lead to abuse? |
Does the Hippocratic Oath ethics code prevent doctors from helping patients die? |
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