Revel for American Government Roots and Reform, 2018 Elections and Updates Edition -- Access Card

by O'Connor, Karen; Sabato, Larry J.

• ISBN13: 9780135176641
• ISBN10: 0135176646
• Edition: 13th
• Format: Access Card
• Copyright: 2018-12-21
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

For courses in American Government

Understand American politics from past to present
Revel™ American Government: Roots and Reform helps students view the issues facing the United States today through a historical lens. By presenting coverage of the origins of American government in tandem with material on contemporary political structures and behaviors, authors Karen O’Connor and Larry Sabato help students see how what happened in the past can be used to understand what measures should be taken in the future. The 2018 Elections and Updates Edition offers new narrative coverage of the major issues from today’s headlines including the 2018 midterm elections, recent policy under the Trump administration, and the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Revel is Pearson’s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, Revel is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience — for less than the cost of a traditional textbook.

NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone Revel access card. Before purchasing, check with your instructor to confirm the correct ISBN. Revel access is title-specific and edition-specific and is not transferable. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.

Author Biography

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 website, 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