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Each 40-page A4 booklet contains 30-40 authentic new articles about its particular theme.

Individual titles are completely revised after a period of 3 years in order to make sure that they are always up-to-date!

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Ageing Population (Issues)
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(Replaces Ageing Issues)

In the next 25 years the percentage of the UK population over 65 is expected to rise by over 65%. Does society have the resources to cope with this growth? What are the financial and social implications?

Chapter One: Ageing Trends
The ageing process; What is ageing?; Older people in the UK; Facts and figures: global ageing; 10 facts on ageing and the life course; Profile of the UK's older people; Age discrimination; Number of working pensioners continues to rise; Knowledge of age laws increasing; Work experienced; Plans to outlaw age discrimination announced; Ignoring old age won't keep you young; Reinventing the retirement cliff edge; Dignified conclusions; Loneliness a major worry; Prevalence of elder abuse.

Chapter Two: The Cost of Ageing
Retirees spending freely; Life begins at 55; Aim high, save low; Next generation of Brits facing bleak future; Pensions Act 2007; Pension could protect world's poorest; UK state pension is 'worst in Europe'; Charging into poverty; Care homes; Huge public worries about quality of care; Funding long-term care; Out of sight; out of mind.

Chapter Three: Ageing and Health
Why do we age?; Why do we die?; Lounging around could speed up ageing process; Increasing life expectancy; Life expectancy and health ageing; What is dementia?; Who is affected by Alzheimer's disease?; Reversing the signs of Alzheimer's; Alzheimer's disease to quadruple by 2050; Fear of dementia; Seniors playground swings into action.

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

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Drugs in the UK (Issues)
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(Replaces Drug Abuse)

Figures for drug use in the UK remain worryingly high, especially among young people. Dangerous drugs such as crystal meth are becoming increasingly popular. This book looks at the trends, the effects of various drugs and the legal situation:

Chapter One: Drug Trends
Drugs in the UK; Information about common street drugs; Use of illicit drugs; Heavy cannabis use; Can ecstasy kill?; Drug deaths; Types of drug-related death; Street drug trends; Legal drug craze is new killer; Next year's drug; Rise in ketamine use among young people; Enslaved by K; Cost of UK's illegal drug habit hits £110bn; New plan to tackle illegal drugs; The new drugs strategy explained; Tackling substance misuse — progress; Drug use worldwide; Drug use in Europe.

Chapter Two: Young People and Drugs
Young people and drug use; Primary school kids able to name illegal drugs; Dealing with drugs in the schoolyard; Gender differences in drug use; Supply of cannabis.

Chapter Three: Drugs and the Law
Drugs and politics; Drug legislation; Using harm to classify drugs; Q&A: cannabis reclassification; Tackling drug crime; Drug smuggling; Police recorded drug offences; Highs of a world where drugs are legal.

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

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Internet Revolution (Issues)
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(Replaces Our Internet Society)

The web has made the world a smaller place in the last 15 years. It has become a powerful tool for sharing ideas and information. But the web can also be a dangerous place ... :

Chapter One: The Changing Web
The Internet; 15 years of the world wide web; The communications revolution; Web 2.0; Internet's a family affair; Blogging; Ofcom research identifies social networking profiles; Social networking and your electronic footprint; Social networking is going mobile; Mobile Life Report 2008; What do Britons spend most time doing online; 'Nerdic' is fastest-growing language; Internet connectivity; Government aims to bridge digital divide; School work plagued by net plagiarism; Time to trust the digital generation says think tank; Online TV, video and movie consumption almost doubles; Microsoft to get touchy with next OS; Gates convinced speech will replace keyboards; Internet 'to hit full capacity by 2010'; Tim Berners-Lee: the web that thinks.

Chapter Two: Risks and Dangers
A generation of youth are being 'raised online'; UK kids take online risks behind closed doors; Safer children in a digital world; Online shopping reaches record high; Internet shopping; People 'losing control of Personal information'; Ofcom research highlights identity fraud worry; Phishing explained; Spyware and adware; Cybercrime committed every 10 seconds; Downloading; Wi-Fi hijacking common crime; Censoring of Internet is 'spreading like virus'; Addiction to internet 'is an illness'; Online gaming addiction; Chinese gamer dies after three-day session.

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

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Poverty and Exclusion (Issues)
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(Replaces Poverty)

In Britain 22% of people live in households with less than 60% of the median income. Children from a disadvantaged background can be up to 2 years behind their classmates educationally by the age of 14. Globally, half the world's population live on less than $2 a day. This book looks at poverty in the UK and overseas:

Chapter One: Poverty in the UK
Poverty: the facts; Britons lose sympathy for the poor; Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2007; Missing school trips make you poor, say British kids; Britain's forgotten poor; Household income; Wage gap too large, say three out of four Britons; Minimum living standards; Growing inequality; Disabled people and poverty; Paying the price of poverty; Poverty and debt; Living with hardship 24/7; Public attitudes to child poverty; Keeping mum; The cost of education; Social exclusion; 2 skint 4 school; Child poverty: true or false? Disadvantage and achievement; Mind the gap; One in five UK families can't afford heating; What are benefits?; Benefit claims and poverty; Welfare shake-up scraps incapacity benefit.

Chapter Two: Global Poverty
Poverty: a 10-minute guide; Life on $1 a day; Global poverty: facts and figures; Poverty, hunger and disease; It's a question of debt; Aid questions and answers; Paying for poverty; Public attitudes to aid; Only trade can solve global poverty; How foreign aid can damage the poorest.

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

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Staying Fit (Issues)
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(Replaces Fitness and Health)

One in four men and one in threen women in the UK are overweight ... and child obesity is a major problem. Related health problems are expected to cause a crisis in the NHS. How and why should we stay fit?:

Chapter One: Unfit Britain
Obesity; The politics of obesity; Statistics on obesity, physical activity and diet; Obesity worldwide; Fat attack; Genetic risk of obesity; Sleepwalking towards obesity; Busy lifestyles cause a death every 15 minutes; Fitness and ageing; Childhood obesity: a class and a classroom issue; Eleven-year-olds not taking enough exercise; Persecuting chubby kids.

Chapter Two: Fitness Solutions
The fitness strategy; Tackling obesities: future choices; Surgery and drugs not enough to combat obesity; Obesity discrimination; Obesity in the workplace; Obesity crisis: get paid to lose weight; Make all staff exercise for an hour; Fitness barriers broken in workplace exercise trial; Avoiding childhood obesity; Treat childhood obesity as act of neglect, say doctors; The answer to childhood obesity; Exercise 'does not make obese children slim'; Physical activity; Reasons not to exercise; The fitness myths; Keep-fit boom fails to stem obesity; Study tips the scales in favour of exercise; Boost mental health; Obesity risk for 'moderately active' Britons; Exercise on par with drugs for aiding depression; Compulsive exercise.

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

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Waste Issues (Issues)
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(Replaces Waste Problem)

Waste and reycling have become a political hot potatoe in the UK. The British record on waste disposal is poor. Too much waste is sent to landfill. This book looks at the issues:

Chapter One: Our Throwaway Society
Waste in the UK; Rubbish; Wacky waste facts; Waste management; Consumer adultery — the new British vice; Wasteful Britain: the 'dustbin of Europe'; Wasted food now costs UK home £10bn; Scale of packaging waste problem; Q&A: Plastic bags; Carrier bags; Litter; The problem with litter; British waste adds to crisis across China.

Chapter Two: Waste Solutions
Waste at home; Tips to reduce waste; A strategy to cut waste; New powers needed to tackle litter louts; Government wants us to recycle on the go; Recycling facts and figures; Recycling tips; The machine that sorts household rubbish; Recycle and reuse; Steps to successful home composting; How green are we?; Hazardous landfill waste falls; Landfill sites have a green future; Recycling is not enough — we need to consume less; Why recycling isn't really saving the planet; Government ready to act on plastic bags; Consumers oppose nanny state on plastic bags; Waste exports; Time to waste — tackling the landfill challenge; Renewable energy from rubbish is possible.

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

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Domestic Abuse (Issues)
*NEW IN MAY*

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(Replaces Domestic Violence)

Domestic abuse affects over 350,000 people in England and Wales alone. It can be physical but also verbal and emotional, and can impact seriously on any children in the relationship. This book looks at the impact of hidden domestic abuse on individuals and society:

Chapter One: Domestic Violence
What is domestic violence?; Myths and stereotypes; How common is domestic abuse?; FAQs: why doesn’t she leave?; Domestic abuse – my story; Domestic abuse ‘epidemic’ affects 8m; Pregnant, but not immune from violence; Male victims of domestic violence; Domestic abuse in same-sex relationships; Same-gender abuse; Spyware: another weapon for domestic abuse; Forced marriage; Zena’s story.

Chapter Two: Abuse and Young People
Impact of domestic violence on children; Children and domestic violence; ‘I loved and hated my father then; I love and hate him still’; Domestic violence statistics; Gender violence among teenagers.

Chapter Three: Tackling Abuse
Options for domestic violence victims; Seeking help; When violence first hit home; Information for perpetrators; Pledge to cut domestic violence ‘has failed’; Rise in domestic violence convictions; So what's the point of going to court?; Domestic violence register called for.

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

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Euthanasia and the Right to Die (Issues)
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(Replaces The Ethics of Euthanasia)

Euthanasia is illegal in the UK, but is it unethical? Those in favour say that it would allow the terminally ill to die with dignity, and 76% of British people felt that such people should be allowed medical assistance to die. Critics feel that legalising euthanasia would trivialise the social value of the ill and disabled and they would choose suicide to avoid being a burden. This book looks at the ethical debate.

Chapter One: The Ethical Debate
Euthanasia; Your body, your death, your choice?; Euthanasia and assisted suicide; We must help people die with dignity; Answering the euthanasia critics; A dubious distinction; Public opinion on medically assisted dying; What do the public think?; Euthanasia: ‘we should not be made to suffer like this’; Euthanasia: the legal issues; Legal status of euthanasia around the world; Assisted suicide and disabled people; Fury as euthanasia group puts dignity in new name; Palliative care.

Chapter Two: The Medical Debate
How common is euthanasia?; Euthanasia: a doctor’s viewpoint; Majority of GPs ‘stop treating terminally ill’; Morphine kills pain not patients; Should we legalise euthanasia?; Call for euthanasia legislation; Physician-assisted suicide; Study counters argument against assisted suicide; When premature babies should be allowed to die; Happy end; Treatment for premature babies; Advance decisions, advance statements and living wills; Advance decisions and the Mental Capacity Act; Doctors get right over life or death; Can computers make life-or-death medical decisions?

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

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Gender Gap (Issues)
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(Replaces Women, Men and Equality)

Gender equality has come a long way but inequalities still exist. Girls outperform boys in education, but women are paid on average 17% less than men. Women are still more likely than men to take responsibility for housework and childcare. This book examines equality issues at home, at work, at school and in law.

Chapter One: Gender in Society
Upbringing versus biology; The gender gap; The gender agenda; Equality for girls?; Changes since the 1970s; Prevalence of sex discrimination; Why men should care about gender stereotypes; Do men speak Martian?; Today’s girls prefer to look sexy rather than be clever; Man made news?; International gender equality; Because I am a girl ...

Chapter Two: Equality at Home
Who does the housework?; Men’s changing lifestyles; Britain and EU failing to mind the gender gap; A bride by any other name; Equality is the way to a woman’s heart.

Chapter Three: Education and Careers
Gender and education; Gender and subject choice; Boys and single-sex teaching; The myth of single-sex schooling; Gender bias still blights school careers advice; Women and work: the facts; Women in non-traditional training and employment; Better jobs for women still scarce; Want a difficult job done? Then ask a woman; UK gender pay gap worst in Europe; Being positive; Gender pay gap; Pay gap ‘costs women £300,000 over lifetime’; Waiting for equal pay.

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

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Problem of Globalisation (Issues)
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(Replaces The Globalisation Issue)

Foreign travel and the internet have made the world a much smaller place. Some say increased trade has allowed large corporations to take advantage of workers in developing countries. Others believe that free trade is an economic necessity:

Chapter One: Overview
What is globalisation?; Globalisation explained; Globalisation defined; A globalisation glossary; Concerns about globalisation; The Bretton Woods Institutions; Globalisation – problems and solutions; Making the global village a reality; English will fragment into ‘global dialects’.

Chapter Two: Globalisation and Trade
World trade; Trade – did you know?; Trade and the WTO; The WTO – 10 common misunderstandings; Globalisation and the poor; Examples of unfair trade rules; Fighting poverty through trade; ‘Sweatshops shame’ fashion alert; Sweat, fire and ethics; Globalisation and multinationals; The fairtrade boom; ‘Teach us how to fish – do not just give us the fish’; Unfair trade?; Globalisation will not threaten skilled UK workers; Offshoring and UK workers; Britain and globalisation: a good marriage; Making globalisation work; Attitudes to global trade.

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

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Sexual Orientation and Society (Issues)
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(Replaces Sexuality and Discrimination)

Homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales in 1967, yet issues such as gay adoption and civil partnerships are still contentious. Many gay people also suffer misunderstanding, discrimination and abuse:

Chapter One: Sexuality Issues
Answers to your questions; Exploring your sexuality; Just one in 100 tells researchers: I’m gay; Theories; I am what I am and it’s not a choice; When coming out goes wrong; Parents of gay children; Bisexual; Girls who like boys... and girls; The wrong label?; Transgender; Homophobia in the classroom; Homophobic bullying; Sad to be gay; The school report; Prevalence of homophobia in schools; The prince married a man, and lived happily ever after; Making babies the gay way; Gay adoption; Homosexuality in the media: is the press good?; Disappearing act.

Chapter Two: Sexuality and the Law
Civil Partnership Act 2004; Are civil partnerships really civil?; Civil partnerships fall by 55%; The European Convention and Court of Human Rights; Gay adoption in Europe; Church loses opt-out fight over gay adoptions; The right to equal treatment: parental rights; Sexual orientation legislation; Support for LGBT legal protection; Does sexual orientation discrimination apply to me?; Discrimination in employment; ‘Pink plateau’ blocks path to top for gay executives.

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

9781861684400

Travel and Tourism (Issues)
*NEW IN MAY*

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(Replaces Responsible Tourism)

Brits are taking more trips than ever before, looking for their perfect holiday experience. However, tourism has a dark side, with problems such as carbon emissions, child sex tourism, exploitation of local people and destruction of beauty spots:

Chapter One: Tourism Trends
Trends in the travel industry for 2008; Travel trends 2006; Health and wellness holidays; Holidays are the latest status symbol; Brits left cold by tourist hot spots; Rise in specialist holidays; Key UK tourism facts; New Britain; Britain’s smart travellers; Space tourism – the future of travel; Space ‘sports car’ will take tourists into orbit; FAQ: gap years; Are these the new colonialists?; Ditch (un)worthy gap year causes, VSO advises.

Chapter Two: Responsible Travel
Taking tourism to task; Thoughts on tourism; Tourism and possible problems; Insider guide: sustainable tourism; What is ecotourism?; Climate change and tourism; Aviation’s impact on the climate; Nature’s ‘doom’ is tourist boom; Forget the carbon footprint, we want our summer sun; Climate change could bring tourists to UK – report; Lord, make us green tourists – but not just yet; British tourists among worst in world; Souvenir alert; Slum tours: a day trip too far?; Murder, genocide and war: the new tourist attractions; Debauchery tourism sets holiday trends; Child sex tourism; Child sex tourism – FAQs.

Key Facts; Glossary Index; Additional Resources (websites etc.); Index.

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