MyPoliSciLab Student Access Code Card for Understanding American Politics and Government, Brief Edition (Standalone)

by Coleman, John J.; Goldstein, Kenneth M.; Howell, William G.

• ISBN13: 9780205057191
• ISBN10: 0205057195
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-12-07
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This access code card gives you access to all of MyPoliSciLabrs"s grade-boosting resources. MyPoliSciLab is a state-of-the-art interactive and instructive solution for introductory American government courses that combines multimedia simulations, video debates, research support, and practice tests to make learning fun! This is the product access code card for MyPoliSciLab and does not include the actual bound book. Updated in a new 2 nd edition,Understanding American Politics and Governmentprovides students with a substantive foundation on the fundamentals of our government while enlisting them to become more discerning consumers of political information, better decision-makers and more effective citizens. Using a journalistic, example-rich narrative, this unique text schools students in the building blocks of good social science by distinguishing between the concepts of "correlation" and "causation."

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Thinking About American Politics

Chapter 2 Political Culture

Chapter 3 The Constitution

Chapter 4 Federalism

Chapter 5 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Chapter 6 Public Opinion

Chapter 7 Political Participation, Voting and Elections

Chapter 8 Media and Politics

Chapter 9 Political Parties

Chapter 10 Interest Groups

Chapter 11 Congress

Chapter 12 The Presidency

Chapter 13 The Federal Court System

Chapter 14 The Bureaucracy

Chapter 15 Economic, Social and Foreign Policy