Is the new health-care reform law a good idea? Should teachers be held more accountable for students’ performance? Are tougher rules for financial firms needed? Are offshore drilling regulations too weak? Does capital punishment cost more to administer than it is worth?
Always up-to-date on the latest controversies and concerns, the new edition of Issues for Debate takes up these and other compelling questions. Covering sixteen hot topics, each selection explores who the key players are, what’s at stake, and explains why recognizing past and current developments is so crucial to the future. Essays include a pro/con box, chronology, bibliography, photos, charts, graphs, and maps.
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Table of Contents
Business and the Economy
1. Public Employee Unions
2. National Debt
3. Financial Industry Overhaul
4. Jobs Outlook
Social Issues
5. Income Inequality
6. The Graying Planet
Education
7. School Reform
Politics and Government
8. Redistricting Debates
9. States and Federalism
10. Tea Party Movement
The Environment
11. Managing Nuclear Waste
12. Energy Policy
13. Climate Change
Homeland Security and Foreign Policy
14. Afghanistan Dilemma
15. Government Secrecy
Health-care
16. Health-care Reform
Testimonials
"CQ Press's
Issues for Debate in American Public Policy takes the student right to the heart of today's most pressing policy issues. Enlivened with up-to-the-minute detail, personal vignettes, and background including 'how we got there' stories, this volume is an essential reader for all policy analysis classes, graduate or undergraduate. Students will feel the relevance of each dilemma we face and understand the pros and cons of policy solutions."
- Barbara Neuby, Kennesaw State University
