REVEL for Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy - 2016 Presidential Election -- Access Card / Edition 17

by George Edwards, III III, Martin Wattenberg, William Howell

Overview

Key Benefit

Government in America explores our government’s impact on the daily lives of Americans by focusing on public policy. Authors George Edwards and Martin Wattenberg provide a framework for readers to understand the difficult questions that decision makers of both political parties are facing: How should we govern? And, what should government do? In order to captivate readers, 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

Introducing Government in America; The Constitution; Federalism; Civil Liberties and Public Policy; Civil Rights and Public Policy; Public Opinion and Political Action; The Mass Media and the Political Agenda; Political Parties; Campaigns and Voting Behavior; Interest Groups; Congress; The Presidency; The Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending; The Federal Bureaucracy; The Federal Courts; Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking; Policymaking for Health Care, the Environment, and Energy; National Security Policymaking

Market

For readers looking for a public-policy-based approach to American government

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780134628936
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	04/28/2017
Edition description:	17th ed.
Pages:	800
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.10(d)

About the Author

George C. Edwards III is University Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University and the Jordan Chair in Presidential Studies. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at the University of Oxford. When he determined that he was unlikely to become shortstop for the New York Yankees, he turned to political science. Today, he is one of the country’s leading scholars of the presidency and has written or edited 25 books on American politics.

Martin P. Wattenberg teaches courses on American politics at the University of California, Irvine. His first regular paying job was with the Washington Redskins, from which he moved on to receive a PhD at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Is Voting for Young People?, which examines the role of young people in elections today. His research also encompasses how elections in the United States compare to those in other established democracies.

William G. Howell is the Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics at the University of Chicago, where he teaches classes on the American Presidency, political institutions, and leadership. He plays tennis with friends, catch with his kids, and thinks a lot about what life must be like in Barrow, Alaska. He has written a great deal on separation of powers issues generally and presidential power in particular. He now has research projects on the politics of surveillance, authority acquisition, and executive federalism.

Table of Contents

PART I: CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS
1. Introducing Government in America
2. The Constitution
3. Federalism
4. Civil Liberties and Public Policy
5. Civil Rights and Public Policy

PART II: PEOPLE AND POLITICS
6. Public Opinion and Political Action
7. The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
8. Political Parties
9. Campaigns and Voting Behavior
10. Interest Groups

PART III: THE POLICYMAKERS
11. Congress
12. The Presidency
13. The Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending
14. The Federal Bureaucracy
15. The Federal Courts

PART IV: POLICIES
16. Economic and Social Welfare Policymaking
17. Policymaking for Health Care, the Environment, and Energy
18. National Security Policymaking