This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in global issues through readings that reflect a variety of viewpoints. Each issue is framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. The Taking Sides readers feature annotated listings of selected World Wide Web sites. Taking Sides is supported by our student website, Dushkin Online (www.dushkin.com/online/).
Dr. James E. Harf was a teacher of political science.
After college, Harf taught math and democracy and coached football at Bridgeville High School, and received his M.A. in Political Science from the University of Delaware. In 1960, inspired by the election of John F. Kennedy, he decided study the cold war, and left teaching to pursue his Ph.D. in Political Science and Russian Studies at Indiana University.
In 1969, Harf began teaching at Ohio State University and stayed until his retirement in 2001.