For coverage of the most important policy issues facing the United States—from rising health costs, to education reform, to rethinking foreign policy—offer your students balanced and complete overviews of today’s foremost policy controversies. Each selection incorporates voices from those at the heart of the policy process: people from lobbies, business, nonprofits, think tanks, academia, and government. After extensively researching each issue, CQ staff writers provide substantial background as well as current analysis. Ideal for laying needed groundwork and starting lively classroom discussion, Issues for Debate in American Public Policy allows students to view an issue from all sides while giving them a window into how policy is actually made and implemented.
Table of Contents
Education
1. No Child Left Behind
2. Student Aid
Healthcare
3. Universal Coverage
4. Fighting Superbugs
Social Policy
5. Domestic Poverty
6. Gun Violence
Energy and the Environment
7. Oil Jitters
8. Buying Green
9. Mass Transit Boom
Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, and Justice
10. Torture Debate
11. Hate Speech
Business and the Economy
12. Mortgage Crisis
13. Crumbling Infrastructure
14. Consumer Safety
Homeland Security and Foreign Policy
15. Immigration Debate
16. U.S. Policy on Iran
Testimonials
“Issues for Debate is an ideal text for courses on American government and public policy. It gives students a rich set of case studies that show how politics and policy really interact in the American political system. The cases are current and topical, so students always find them engaging and relevant.”
- Joseph A. Ferrara, Georgetown University“Issues for Debate in American Public Policy covers a broad range of political issues and policy controversies in a highly interesting and provocative manner. Great care has been taking in selecting only the most important flash points in American politics and policy. The debates are well balanced, and various positions on both sides are supported by facts, hard data, and good reason. Students will gain critical insights into the major policy issues facing the country today and will learn a great deal from reading about the different controversies in this book.”
- Sheldon Kamieniecki, University of California, Santa Cruz
