Crisis in American Institutions (14th Edition)
"As someone who generally eschews traditional textbooks in favor of readers, I have always foundCrisis in American Institutionsparticularly good at choosing accessible, interesting, and cogent readings.  It is especially good at mixing academic pieces with journalistic articles and it is also a very well edited book, especially when it comes to excerpting readings from books"Evan Cooper,Farmingdale State College"I find the book to be very thorough."Kyle Ann Nelson,University of Maryland