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Understanding American Politics, Third Edition
Stephen Brooks (Author), Donald E. Abelson (Author), Melissa Haussman (Author)
9781487542559
Paperback / softback, published 11 March 2024
360 pages, 27 b&w illustrations, 2 b&w maps, 14 b&w figures, 8 b&w tables
23.5 x 19.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.62 kg
Understanding American Politics provides a unique introduction to the contemporary political landscape of the United States. Placing the study of American politics within a broader context of other western democracies, this textbook reinforces the idea that in order to understand the American system, students need to begin by understanding their own democracy. This balanced, comparative perspective is integrated throughout to better explain and highlight the ways in which American politics and government work in relation to other democracies. Streamlined to fit easily in today’s US politics courses, the third edition is fully updated and revised to engage with key issues in American politics while providing an accessible entry to the foundations of American government that detangles the polarized analysis characterizing so much information on the study of American politics. New chapters on special interest groups and the distinct American mediascape feature alongside up-to-date analysis on civil rights and inequalities incorporated in all chapters. Ultimately, this textbook enables non-American readers to understand the how and why of American politics by relating the subject to the experience and institutions of their own countries.
List of Maps Part One: Ideas and Foundations of US Government Part Two: Institutions Part Three: Civil Rights and Inequality Part Four: Political Behavior Part Five: America in the World Index
List of Tables
List of Boxes
Preface
1. The Contested Terrain of American Politics
2. Political Culture
3. The Constitution
4. Congress
5. The Presidency
6. The Judiciary
7. Racial Inequality
8. The Politics of Inequality: Class, Immigration, Gender, and Sexual Identity
9. Understanding Special Interests
10. Parties and Elections
11. The Mediascape and American Politics
12. America in the World