Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? View larger image. Keeping the Republic, Brief Edition, draws students into the study of American politics, showing them how to think critically about "who gets what, and how" while exploring the twin themes of power and citizenship.
With students living through one of the most challenging periods in American life, Keeping the Republic, Brief Edition, is there to be a much-needed resource to help them make sense of politics in America today and become savvy consumers of political information. Streb,Michael R. Author : Carl D. The Basics of American Government is a collaborative effort among eight current and one former faculty members in the Departments of Political Science and Criminal Justice at University of North Georgia.
The purpose of this book is to offer a no-frills, low-cost, yet comprehensive overview of the American political system for students taking introductory courses in American national government. Furthermore, the work combines the best aspects of both a traditional textbook and a reader in that most chapters offer a piece of original scholarship as a case study to bolster or reinforce the material presented in the chapter.
In addition, many chapters present a civic engagement-type exercise and discussion questions intended to challenge, engage, and foster student participation in the political system. The authors undertook this project for several reasons, most notably the high costs of textbooks for students and the lack of college-level scholarship found in most American Government texts.
All of the authors are experienced classroom instructors, subject matter experts, and published researchers in the field of American politics. Author : Mitchell A. A classic on the politics of leadership, now expanded to include a new chapter on the Obama presidency.
Examines the typical political problems that presidents confront and how they assert their authority in the service of change. The official U. Most Americans were surprised to learn of Russian efforts to manipulate the results of the presidential election, and have become increasingly concerned about the vulnerabilities of our democracy. Here for the first time in an official U. Petersburg and eventually as head of the Russian state.
Just as certain people in the intelligence community became increasingly alarmed at the growing strength and sophistication of Al-Qaeda in the late s, the senators and staffers of the U. Author : Gary W. Cox,Mathew D. The second edition of Legislative Leviathan provides an incisive new look at the inner workings of the House of Representatives in the post-World War II era. Re-evaluating the role of parties and committees, Gary W.
Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins view parties in the House - especially majority parties - as a species of 'legislative cartel'. These cartels seize the power, theoretically resident in the House, to make rules governing the structure and process of legislation.
Most of the cartel's efforts are focused on securing control of the legislative agenda for its members. The first edition of this book had significant influence on the study of American politics and is essential reading for students of Congress, the presidency, and the political party system.
Renewal of Life by Transmission. And now, your students benefit from a. Every section and every feature in the book has one goal in mind: to get students to think critically and be skeptical of received wisdom.
Serving as a. Authors: Christine Barbour, Gerald C.
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