American Government And Politics Today

American Government and Politics Today

• Author : Barbara A. Bardes
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release Date : 2006
• Genre: Elections
• Pages : 0
• ISBN 10 : 0534647332

The best-selling book published for American Government, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY: THE ESSENTIALS helps students experience the excitement that comes from active, informed citizenship in a concisely organized package. Bardes, Shelley, and Schmidt's text is renowned nationwide for its balanced, unbiased, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of constitutional, governmental, political, social, and economic structures and processes. The overriding theme is the importance of informed active citizenship. The pedagogy underscores this theme by soliciting critical thinking about political issues and encouraging students to become involved the political process. With keen awareness of its audience, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY: THE ESSENTIALS incorporates current examples, the Internet, and other media to stimulate learning and excitement about American government. This truly interactive text gives students more than reading material-it gives them tools to become good citizens.

American Government and Politics Today 2018 Election Update

• Author : Barbara Bardes
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release Date : 2019
• Genre: Uncategoriezed
• Pages : 576
• ISBN 10 : 1337799785

Making politics personal, Bardes/Shelley/Schmidt's American Government and Politics Today, The Essentials, Enhanced 19th Edition equips you with the tools and insight to become an active, informed citizen. Unbiased, updated with Election 2018 analysis and extremely student-friendly, the text combines a conversational, easy-to-read style with thorough coverage in a streamlined format. Political authorities as well as longtime professors who know what today's students like, the authors incorporate a wealth of current, compelling and thought-provoking examples that bring chapter concepts to life. In addition, numerous hands-on activities help you figure out where you stand on key issues so you can put your views into action. Also available: MindTap, Cengage Learning's fully online learning solution.

American Government and Politics

• Author : Robert Singh
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release Date : 2003-02-24
• Genre: Political Science
• Pages : 364
• ISBN 10 : 0761940944

Written for all students of politics coming to the subject for the first time, this textbook provides a lively and accessible introduction and guide to all the main features and characteristics of one of the most distinctive and complex political systems in the world.

American Politics Today

• Author : William T. Bianco
• Publisher : W. W. Norton
• Release Date : 2017
• Genre: United States
• Pages : 0
• ISBN 10 : 0393283593

The Fifth Edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features--from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page graphics that illustrate key political processes--show students how politics works and why it matters. All components of the learning package--textbook, InQuizitive adaptive learning tool, and coursepack--are organized around specific chapter learning goals to ensure that students learn the nuts and bolts of American government.

American Politics Government Today

• Author : William T. Bianco
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2021
• Genre: Advanced placement programs (Education)
• Pages : null
• ISBN 10 : 0393887405

"American Politics and Government Today teaches students exactly what they need to know to succeed in the course and become informed citizens. The part structure and chapter organization clearly maps to the five AP® U.S. Government and Politics units, for close alignment with the course framework. In each chapter, integrated policy coverage allows students to see how social, economic, or foreign policy relates to real-life situations, while AP®-style multiple-choice questions and the full range of free response questions offer students practice opportunities at the end of each chapter"--

Thomson Advantage Books

• Author : Steffen W. Schmidt
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release Date : 2006
• Genre: United States
• Pages : 0
• ISBN 10 : 0495130699

Go beyond the television newsrooms and the canned political speeches with CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY, BRIEF EDITION, 2006-2007. Written specifically for students on a budget, this Advantage Edition offers you the same high quality at a the most affordable price around. With up-to-date information and the inside track on public policy makers, this edition presents what you need to know about American politics in an easy-to-understand format. And, special sections on the impact of economics and foreign policy make this textbook particularly relevant in today's political climate.

Cengage Advantage Books American Government and Politics Today Brief Edition

• Author : Steffen W. Schmidt
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release Date : 2016-01-01
• Genre: Education
• Pages : 432
• ISBN 10 : 9781337025911

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY: BRIEF EDITION, 2016-2017, shows you how easily and effectively you can participate in the political process. New features, up-to-date political news and analysis, and a great price make this text a top seller. Praised for its succinct format, balanced coverage, clarity, and readability, this book examines all the key concepts of American government, while providing interesting student-oriented features that further convey what active citizenship means. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

American Government and Politics Today

• Author : Steffen W. Schmidt
• Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Release Date : 1997
• Genre: Elections
• Pages : 812
• ISBN 10 : 0314204954

How major political issues in the past were resolved has had a lasting impact on American society. So will the ways in which some of today's important issues are resolved. Readers of this text will learn about these issues and the government institutions and processes that have framed their outcomes. Students will come to understand that politics is not an abstract process but a very human enterprise, on involving interaction among individuals from all walks of life. They will be encouraged to think critically about issues facing American government and society today.... [The authors] have included the latest presidential, congressional and state elections from November 1996. -Pref.

American Government and Politics Today Enhanced Brief

• Author : Steffen W. Schmidt
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release Date : 2023-01-02
• Genre: Education
• Pages : 0
• ISBN 10 : 0357795385

Issues like COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, police brutality, trade wars and cyberattacks add to the complexity of the U.S. political system. Schmidt/Shelley/Bardes' AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY, ENHANCED BRIEF 11th edition helps you make sense of it all while learning to be an informed citizen and active participant in the political process. A colorful design and current political news and analysis make this an ideal resource to explain fundamentals of the U.S. government and its intricate political system and how they impact your life -- now and in the future. Extremely reader-friendly, the book has been praised for its brevity, balanced coverage and clarity. Digital course solutions MindTap and Infuse are available.

American Government and Politics

• Author : Robert Singh
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release Date : 2002-11-14
• Genre: Political Science
• Pages : 342
• ISBN 10 : 9781446236468

American Government and Politics is a completely new introductory textbook designed and written for all students of politics coming to the subject for the first time. It provides a lively and accessible introduction and guide to all the main features and characteristics of one of the most distinctive and complex contemporary political systems in the world. From the impeachment of Bill Clinton, to the controversy surrounding the 2000 presidential election, and the Bush administration's responses to September 11, students will gain a balanced and critical understanding of all the key issues and debates in contemporary American government and politics today. A number of key underlying themes include: - the nature of American values and identity - the influence of the constitution on political development - the ways in which key governing institutions function to produce domestic and foreign policy. Key features include: - comprehensive glossary of key terms - discussion and summary boxes - web links and guides to further reading Robert Singh is a lecturer in politics at Birkbeck College, London. American Government and Politics: A Concise Introduction is the foundation companion text to Contemporary American Politics: Issues and Controversies also published by SAGE. `Rob Singh has written a finely organized and informative textbook that combines to an unusually high degree analytical clarity, accessibility of style and form, and an enlightened scepticism about received wisdom. This is an admirable book' - Nigel Bowles, St Anne's College, Oxford `Full of topical information and written with sparkling clarity, this book is a short-cut to excellence for the discriminating student' - Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Professor of American History, University of Edinburgh `In American Government and Politics Robert Singh provides an excellent introduction to the subject. His approach is wide ranging, his examples well selected and his style is accessible. It will make an ideal book fo

The Paranoid Style in American Politics

• Author : Richard Hofstadter
• Publisher : Vintage
• Release Date : 2008-06-10
• Genre: Political Science
• Pages : 370
• ISBN 10 : 9780307388445

This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs.In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence — and derail — the larger agendas of a political party. He investigates the politics of the irrational, shedding light on how the behavior of individuals can seem out of proportion with actual political issues, and how such behavior impacts larger groups. With such other classic essays as “Free Silver and the Mind of 'Coin' Harvey” and “What Happened to the Antitrust Movement?, ” The Paranoid Style in American Politics remains both a seminal text of political history and a vital analysis of the ways in which political groups function in the United States.

American Government 3e

• Author : Glen Krutz
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2021-07-28
• Genre: Uncategoriezed
• Pages : 0
• ISBN 10 : 1951693434

American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens.

American Government and Politics

• Author : Charles Austin Beard
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1914
• Genre: United States
• Pages : 788
• ISBN 10 : PRNC:32101073360842

American Government and Politics Today Brief

• Author : Steffen W. Schmidt
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release Date : 2018-01-01
• Genre: Education
• Pages : 50
• ISBN 10 : 1337559709

For many, American politics and government have never been more interesting--or more important. A new four-color design, up-to-date political news and analysis and an affordable price make AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY, Brief Edition, 2018-2019, an ideal resource to engage today's learners. Authors Schmidt, Shelley and Bardes help students understand America's complex and fascinating political system--and show them how they can participate in the political process. Praised for its balanced coverage, clarity and readability, the text examines all the key concepts of American Government while providing interesting features that focus on active citizenship. The tenth edition gives ample space to the rise of Donald Trump, his populist campaign and use of the media as well as to other current topics such as security leaks, government surveillance and voting restrictions. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

American Government and Politics in the Information Age

• Author : David L. Paletz
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2019
• Genre: Communication
• Pages : 633
• ISBN 10 : 1453396551