A series of books for Key stages 3 - 4, aimed at secondary schoollibrarians, these 4 titles provide an overview of key and contemporarypolitical and social issues covered at this stage of the curriculum.

GroundWork delivers easy to access information and the background behindthese sometimes controversial topics in a lively and accessible way.Each book in the series addresses key questions about pressing socialissues from: what is climate change and where do we go from here?;globalisation and the widening gap between the rich and the rest of thepopulation; to bridging the gap between different cultures andreligions; and the controversial topic of genocide and who is at threatfrom this ultimate crime against humanity?

This book provides an overview of the history of genocideworldwide. As well as answering key questions surrounding this topicsuch as What is genocide? Where has it happened in the past? and Who isbeing threatened by genocide today? it also addresses the debates andcontroversies surrounding the use of this term.