Updated annually, this best-selling, debate-style reader examines the most timely, important, and provocative issues in American politics. This edition draws students into the key topics that have made headlines and affected our political system during 2008 and will continue to affect our daily lives in 2009. Designed to get students engaged and thinking about our political system, the topics featured inYou Decide!have been selected for their currency, importance, and interest. The pieces, arguing various sides of a given political issue, come from recent journals, congressional hearings, think tanks, and periodicals.