Point-Counterpoint: Readings in American Government

Designed to stimulate critical thinking and discussion by debating issues in the U.S. political system, POINT/COUNTERPOINT makes a stirring supplement to any Introductory American Government course. By presenting two sides of an issue, the reader illustrates to students just how important politics are to deciding key issues. This diverse collection contains articles by political figures, scholars, and writers on such hotly contested issues as affirmative action, racial profiling, presidential war powers and globalization.

A professor of Political Science at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) for twenty years, Herbert M. Levine has written and edited several books, including CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS IN OUR TIMES (Franklin Watts) and four books in the American Issues Debated Series published by Raintree Steck-Vaughn. He is currently a writer who lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.