由莱文(Myron A. Levine)编的《立场(辩证思维训练城市研究篇)》选取社会各方面的热门话题，从政府政策的推行及普通民众的生活切入讨论，所谈话题包括：城市规划与发展，如何解决交通堵塞，政府是否应采用破窗理论，等等；提供源自报刊、学术杂志等关于同一问题正反两方面的论证文章，培养对于同一观点的辩证思维能力和论辩技巧。

导读 英语思辨，攻错他山 朱绩崧

Preface

Topic Guide

Introduction

Issue 1. Does Neighborhood Gentrification Benefit the Inner-City Poor?

Issue 2. Should State Governments Impose Strong Limitations on the Ability of Cities to Use Eminent Domain Powers for Economic Development Purposes?

Issue 3. Should Cities Rely on Tax Increment Financing (TIF) as a Primary Tool in Their Efforts to Promote Local Economic Development?

Issue 4. Does Broken-Windows Policing Reduce Crime?

Issue 5. Did the Government’s Regulation of Lending Institutions Under the Community Reinvestment Act Lead to the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis?

Issue 6. Should U.S. Cities Adopt a System of “Congestion Pricing” to “Tame” Traffic?

Issue 7. Should the United States Invest in High-Speed Intercity Rail?

Issue 8. Is Urban Sprawl a Sufficiently Important Problem to Merit Government Corrective Action?

Issue 9. Do Portland-Style Smart Growth Policies Raise Housing Prices and Hurt Urban Livability?

Issue 10. Does New Urbanism Represent a Viable Strategy That Can Transform Suburban Communities?

Contributors to This Volume