This four-volume work brings together scholarship found in such classic Macmillan titles as the "Encyclopedia of Sociology, the "Encyclopedia of the American Constitution; the "Encyclopedia of Bioethics and "Civil Rights in the United States, to create an accessible cross-curricular resource on contemporary topics of study and debate. Topics include: capital punishment; child abuse; ethnic conflict; family planning; gender issues; national security; popular culture; women's rights; and more.