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The editors stress that no other book covers both civil rights and civil liberties in such detail yet in such a readable manner.
They define “civil rights” as issues that arise from the democratic commitment to equality and are protected by constitutional guarantees of equal protection under legislation, while “civil liberties” denote the conflict that occurs when individual freedom clashes with government power.
The encyclopedia includes entries on major historical developments and social movements such as feminist and civil rights movements; important legislation such as the USA Patriot Act of 2001, the Espionage Act of 1917, and the several Civil...
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