Product Description

The important, provocative issues in this popular reader-- including fixing urban schools, dealing with aging infrastructure, and addressing the mortgage crisis-- are sure to lay needed groundwork and spark lively classroom discussion. For current coverage of controversial and important policy issues centering on urban politics, offer your students the balanced reporting and engaging writing that CQ Researcher has consistently provided for over eighty years.

This ideal supplement allows students to see an issue from all sides while giving them a window into how policy is actually made and implemented. In addition, useful pedagogical features-- pro/con pieces, graphs, tables, maps, photos, suggested readings, and bibliographies-- advance critical thinking and help in study and review.

Customer Reviews (1)

Good Introduction to issues, hardly any depth besides
I had to buy this for class, and I would not have bought it otherwise.It is good to introduce people to the debate conservatives and liberals have on issues such as urban schools, crime, illegal immigration, and poverty.I knew most of the arguments presented here already, so I did not get much out of the book. ... Read more