NFA-LD Policy Book published!
It is with great pleasure that I announce the publication of Up For Debate: U.S. Foreign Policy Options Towards the Greater Horn of Africa. This new book features eight chapters written by nine students from across the country who participated in NFA-LD debate during the 2007 academic year who transformed their cases into well researched policy recommendation chapters. To my knowledge this is the first book of its kind.
Book Cover
All eight chapters were written by current college students who debated this topic during the 2007 academic year in a debate event sponsored by the National Forensics Association called Lincoln Douglas debate (NFA-LD). The student authors debated and defended their policy idea in many competitive tournaments. As Professor Marty Birkholt from Creighton University, chair of the NFA-LD committee of the National Forensics Association comments, “Up for Debate features cases from some of the best debaters now in NFA-LD Debate. These cases offer a clear and cogent discussion of the Greater Horn of Africa topic.” Furthermore, “It offers a unique record of undergraduate research and contemporary case construction.”
This book is a unique testament to the hard work and dedication our students put into our debate activity. The book would be a great addition to any school’s library and would be a great resource for anyone learning NFA-LD policy debate as each chapter contains all of the elements of a stock issues case and would be a great tool for teaching case construction. Students could be given one chapter and have all the evidence they need to construct a high quality case. Up For Debate also includes twenty-plus pages of references which would allow your students to find the primary sources and write sample cases based on the same articles the authors used during their debate rounds.
For more information and to purchase a copy please visit our website. The book is for sale now at $14.99 plus $2.95 shipping/handling. Thank you in advance for your support of this project.
Sincerely,
Danny Cantrell
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
CHAPTER 1. ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING
Brandon Merrell & Thomas J. Schally (Western Kentucky University)
CHAPTER 2. MALARIA AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
Nicole Thorspecken (Saint Anselm College)
CHAPTER 3. LANDMINES IN THE GREATER HORN OF AFRICA
Matthew Hogan (University of Nevada – Reno)
CHAPTER 4. IMMIGRATION FROM THE GREATER HORN OF AFRICA
Jessica Furgerson (Western Kentucky University)
CHAPTER 5. READY-TO-USE FOOD AID
Sam Derrick (Lafayette College)
CHAPTER 6. FEEDING THE HUNGRY IN THE GREATER HORN OF AFRICA
Anthony Delcourt (Saint Anselm College)
CHAPTER 7. COTTON SUBSIDIES
Elizabeth Wehler (Lafayette College)
CHAPTER 8. ADDING RELEVANCE TO THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT
Teevrat Garg (Lafayette College)
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Congratulations to all on this achievement!
It is awesome to see the community put a valuable research and teaching tool like this out there for others to have access to.