Revel for American Government: Roots and Reform, 2016 Presidential Election Edition -- Access Card / Edition 13

by Karen O'Connor, Larry Sabato

Overview

Key Benefit

American Government: Roots and Reform helps readers view the issues facing the Unites States today through an historical lens. By presenting coverage of the origins of American government in tandem with material on contemporary political structures and behaviors, the authors help readers see how what happened in the past can be used to understand what measures should be taken in the future. In order to boost engagement with key concepts, the 2014 Elections and Updates Edition incorporates coverage of contemporary issues that dominate today’s headlines, as well as the most up-to-date data.

Key Topics

American Government: Roots, Context, and Culture; The Constitution; The Federal System; Civil Liberties; Civil Rights; Congress; The Presidency; The Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy; The Judiciary; Public Opinion and Political Socialization; Political Parties; Elections and Voting; The Campaign Process; The News Media; Interest Groups; Domestic Policy; Economic Policy; Foreign and Defense Policy

Market

For anyone seeking a thorough overview of American government, past and present.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780134649375
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	05/01/2017
Edition description:	Student
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.10(d)

About the Author

Karen O’Connor is the Jonathan N. Helfat Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Founder and Director Emerita of the Women & Politics Institute at American University. Before coming to American University, Professor O’Connor taught political science for seventeen years at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was the first woman to receive the university’s highest teaching award. She has been recognized by several associations as the most outstanding woman in political science and public administration as well as by the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) for her contributions to the discipline. She has served on the American Political Science Association (APSA) and SPSA councils and as chair of the Law and Courts and Women and Politics Research sections of the APSA.

Larry J. Sabato is the founder and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. A Rhodes Scholar, Professor Sabato has taught more than tens of thousands of students in his career at Oxford University, Cambridge University, and the University of Virginia. At the University of Virginia, he has received every major teaching award, including the university’s highest honor, the Thomas Jefferson Award. In 2013, Professor Sabato won an Emmy award for the documentary Out of Order, which he produced to highlight the dysfunctional U.S. Senate, and in 2014, he received a second Emmy award for the PBS documentary based on his New York Times bestseller The Kennedy Half-Century. Professor Sabato directs the Crystal Ball Web site, which has an unparalleled record of accuracy in predicting U.S. elections. For more information, visit http://www.centerforpolitics.org.

Table of Contents

PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNMENT
1. American Government: Roots, Context, and Culture
2. The Constitution
3. The Federal System
4. Civil Liberties
5. Civil Rights

PART II: INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT
6. Congress
7. The Presidency
8. The Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy
9. The Judiciary

PART III: POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
10. Public Opinion and Political Socialization
11. Political Parties
12. Campaigns, Elections and Voting
13. The News Media
14. Interest Groups

PART IV: PUBLIC POLICY
15. Domestic and Economic Policy
16. Foreign and Defense Policy