Issues for Debate in American Public Policy: Selections from CQ Researcher

Written by award-winning CQ Researcher journalists, this annual collection of nonpartisan and thoroughly researched reports focuses on 16 hot-button policy issues. With reports ranging from racial profiling to prescription drug costs, the Twentieth Edition of Issues for Debate in American Public Policy promotes in-depth discussion, facilitates further research, and helps readers formulate their own positions on crucial policy issues. And because it is CQ Researcher, the policy reports are expertly researched and written, showing readers all sides of an issue.   

Because this annual volume comes together just months before publication, all selections are brand new and explore some of today’s most significant American public policy issues, including:

• racial profiling,
• populism and party politics,
• student debt,
• the gig economy,
• the future of the coal industry,
• prescription drug costs, and
• much more!  

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Issues for Debate in American Public Policy: Selections from CQ Researcher, Twentieth Edition can be bundled with any SAGE | CQ Press title at a savings for your students. Contact your rep for more details.

CQ Researcher is the choice of librarians, researchers, and students seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on the most vital issues shaping our world. Each weekly report offers in-depth, unbiased coverage of a single topic. Written by CQ Press′s staff of experienced reporters, these reports provide up-to-date information on a wide range of social, economic, political, environmental, and international issues.