The publication of the tenth edition of Points of View: Readings in American Government and Politics marks this classic reader's 25th anniversary! The goal of the book remains clear: to present readable, succinct, thoughtful, and diverse perspectives across a broad range of issues. This comprehensive reader features contrasting viewpoints on current political debates and traditional topics of interest in contemporary American Government courses. By providing two opposing positions for each topic, Points of View challenges students to examine and appreciate differing perspectives.

The eleventh edition of Points of View: Readings in American Government and Politics provides instructors and students with a manageable and accessible selection of readings that present succinct, thoughtful, and diverse perspectives across a broad range of issues in American Government today. This comprehensive reader features contrasting viewpoints on current political debates and traditional topics of interest in contemporary American Government courses. By providing two opposing positions for each topic, Points of View challenges students to examine and appreciate differing perspectives.

This work is a collection of articles on the major topics covered in American Government courses. Subjects are covered by two opposing positions, which give students the framework for analysis of the issues.

This is a comprehensive collection of articles on the major topics usually covered in an introductory American government course. There are two (in a few cases, four) articles on each topic, and they take different or opposing points of view. The authors have a concise introduction to each pair of articles.