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Each year this best-selling, debate-style reader examines the most timely, important, and provocative issues in American politics. You Decide! Current Debates in American Politics, 8th edition draws the reader into the key topics that have made headlines and affected our political system during 2010 and will continue to affect our daily lives in 2011.Designed to engage the reader and promote critical thinking about our political system, the topics featured in You 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.