American Politics: Core Argument/Current Controversy
This book was designed to provide  readers with the tools to be intelligent evaluators of American political  dialogue.  This collection of classic and contemporary  readings exposes students/readers to the great arguments of American politics  and helps them 1) learn how to arrange — and rearrange — facts,  2) identify the core arguments of public affairs, 3) evaluate the strengths  and weaknesses of various theories of American politics, and 4) apply those  theories to current problems. Combining both core readings in political science  and recent arguments on current controversies in each chapter, it shows the  continuity of political debates over decades and centuries and requires  students/readers to come to their own conclusions while evaluating evidence and  arguing over theory.