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Contemplating Climate Change: Mental Models and Human Reasoning: Stephen M. Dark. Baca Raton, FL., Routledge, 2019.; "This book is concerned with how we think and act in response to climate change. In particular, faced with deep uncertainty and the multifaceted complexities that characterise the climate change conundrum, how the various actors and institutions involved in the policymaking process make decisions that both aid and impede in the design and implementation of climate change policy."; More books on this subject: Climatic Chages Social Aspects

You Have the Right to Remain Fat: Virgie Tovar. New York, Feminist Pree, 2018.; More books on the subject: Body Image in Women

The Ethics or War and Peace: Religious and Secular Perspectives: Terry Nardin, editor. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1996; "Essays explores the reasons for waging war and for fighting with restraint as formulated in a diversity of ethical traditions, religious and secular...Addresses a set of questions: How do the adherents to each viewpoint understand the ideas of war and peace? What attitudes toward war and peace are reflected in these understandings? What grounds for war, if any, are recognized within each perspective? What constraints apply to the conduct of war?"; More books on the subject: War Religious Aspects

Shifting Grounds: The Social Origins of Territorial Conflict: Burak Kadercan. New York, Oxford University Press, 2023.; More books on the subject: National Territory and War

Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less?: Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore. New York, Oxford University Press, 2022.; "What good is democracy and is there any better alternative?"; More books on the subject: Democracy Moral and Ethical Aspects

The Gun Debate: An Encyclopedia of Gun Rights & Gun Control in the United States: Glenn H. Utter and Robert J. Spitzer. 3rd edition. Amenia, N.Y., Grey House Publishing, 2016.; "Contains over three hundred entries, covering topics such as gun laws and legislation, mass shootings and gun incidents, and information from both groups who support gun rights and those who advocate for stricter gun control."; More books on the subject: Gun Control United States

Prisons Make Us Safer: And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration: Victoria Law. New York, Beacon Press, 2021.; More books on the subject: Imprisonment

The Marijuana Legalization Debate: Kate Mikoley. New York, Cavendish Square Publishing, 2022.; More books on the subject: Marijuana AND Drug Legalization

Vaccine Rhetorics: Heidi Yoston Lawrence. Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State University Press, 2020.; "Addresses the underlying rhetoric of vaccination debates by examining the full spectrum of viewpoints to develop a nuanced way forward."; More books on the subject: Anti-vaccination Movement

Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It: Mindy Thompson Fullilove. La Vergne: New Village Press, 2016.; More books on the subject: Gentrification United States