Overview

This critical thinking approach to American government challenges students to evaluate the quality of democracy in America today within a unique framework that offers a holistic view of our system.   This unique text challenges students to think critically about American government and politics through the use of two compelling organizational themes. The first theme, “Using the Democracy Standard,” asks students to evaluate the health and vitality of American democracy today against a democratic ideal that is carefully defined in the first chapter, and revisited at the beginning and end of each subsequent chapter. The text's second theme, “Using the Framework,” offers students a tool for examining the political process at a variety of levels–from structural factors to political linkages, government institutions, and government policies–to help them consider how the interactions of these factors affect what government does (or doesn’t) do.  Both themes are revisited in each chapter, as well as woven throughout the narrative, and highlighted in new marginal critical thinking questions that challenge students to consider the impact of governmental policies and processes on democracy, and vice-versa.   The ninth edition of this best-selling text will be updated throughout with the results of the 2008 Presidential and Congressional election results and the latest political issues and events, as well as deeper discussions of social and economic policy and political parties and participation.  

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Author:   Edward S. Greenberg ,  Benjamin I. Page
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   9th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   1.445kg
ISBN:  

9780205648467

ISBN 10:   0205648460
Pages:   720
Publication Date:   13 February 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780205771295
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION: MAIN THEMES 1. Democracy and American Politics II. STRUCTURE 2. The Constitution 3. Federalism: States and Nation 4. The Structural Foundations of American Government and Politics III. POLITICAL LINKAGE 5. Public Opinion 6. The News Media 7. Interest Groups and Business Corporations 8. Social Movements 9. Political Parties 10. Voting, Campaigns, and Elections IV. GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNING 11. Congress 12. The Presidency 13. The Executive Branch 14. The Courts V. WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES 15. Freedom: The Struggle for Civil Liberties 16. Civil Rights: The Struggle for Equality 17. The Budget and Economic Policy 18. Social Safety Nets 19. Foreign Policy and National Defense Appendices. The Declaration of Independence. The Constitution of the United States. The Federalist Papers Nos. 10, 51, and 78. Presidents and Congresses, 1789-2009.

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