Many instructors focus their class on the Narrative Portraits and Current Debates, so this book will include expanded versions of them, along with additional readings, to create an excellent and unique reader. Many of the articles and excerpts used for the Current Debates are well known in the field.

Consistent chapter organization with Introductions to the chapters and for each section, Narrative Portraits, followed by Additional Readings and concluding with Current Debates material.

Discussion questions follow each article in the Additional Readings and the Current Debates sections to help students focus on the key ideas and issues.

Both Joe Healey and Eileen O?Brien are recognized scholars and authors in this field, and their name recognition should help give the book an immediate appeal.