Urban Issues - Selections From Cq Researcher

Klappentext Is extreme poverty growing? Is business-style competition a good model for improving schools? Are downtowns making a sustainable comeback? These are just some of the provocative questions your students will find in the new edition of Urban Issues. For current coverage of urban politics! your students will appreciate the balanced and unbiased reporting of CQ Researcher. Urban Issues gives them a window into how policy is made and implemented and is sure to spark classroom debate. Each chapter examines the key players! stakes! and lessons for the future! while covering the range of fact! analysis! and opinion surrounding each issue. Advancing critical thinking! each report includes the following useful features: a pron box that examines two competing sides of a single question; a detailed chronology; an annotated bibliography and web resources; and photos! charts! graphs! and maps. Customize your own book! Choose from an extensive collection of CQ Researcher articles and create the Urban Issues that is perfect for your class. Find out more at custom.cqpress.com. Zusammenfassung Urban Issues gives students a window into how policy is made and implemented and is sure to spark classroom debate. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. EDUCATION 1. School Reform 2. Fixing Urban Schools II. LAND USE AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 3. Blighted Cities 4. Downtown Renaissance 5. Attracting Jobs 6. Rapid Urbanization 7. Aging Infrastructure 8. High-Speed Trains III. LAW ENFORCEMENT 9. Police Misconduct IV. RACE! CLASS AND ETHNICITY 10. Domestic Poverty 11. Immigration Conflict 12. Child Poverty

Product details

• Authors: CQ Researcher, The Cq Researcher, The Cq Researcher
• Assisted by: CQ Researcher (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2013
• EAN: 9781452226781
• ISBN: 978-1-4522-2678-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research