Revel for The Struggle for Democracy, 2018 Elections and Updates Edition + California Government and Politics Today -- Combo Card

by Greenberg, Edward; Page, Benjamin I.

• ISBN13: 9780135558119
• ISBN10: 0135558115
• Edition: 12th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2019-01-02
• Publisher: PEARSO

Summary

For courses in American Government

Examine how American democracy is developing
Revel™ The Struggle for Democracy gives students the tools they need to decode the American political system, analyze its pieces, consider its linkages, and identify opportunities to make a difference. Taking a fresh approach to common American government topics, authors Edward Greenberg and Benjamin Page present a simple but powerful framework of evidence-based research to guide students to discover how government, politics, and the larger society are intertwined. Prompting students to make critical judgments about how well our government works, the authors pose the questions “How democratic are we?” and “Can government do anything well?” 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.

This digital package includes Revel California Government and Politics Today, 15th Edition, allowing instructors to easily integrate coverage of California government and politics into the American Government survey course. Focusing on California’s ethnic and cultural diversity as well as the global economy’s impact on California (and vice versa), author Mona Field explains California’s ever-changing political situation in the context of social and economic trends.

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: This Revel Combo Access pack includes a Revel access code plus a loose-leaf print reference (delivered by mail) to complement your Revel experience. In addition to this access code, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.

Author Biography

Edward S. Greenberg is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and a Research Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Ed’s research and teaching interests include American government and politics, domestic and global political economy, and democratic theory and practice, with a special emphasis on workplace issues. His multi-year longitudinal panel study, funded by the NIH, examining the impact of technological change and the globalization of production on Boeing managers and employees, is reported in more than a dozen journal articles and in his book Turbulence: Boeing and the State of American Workers and Managers (Yale University Press, 2010, co-authored with Leon Grunberg, Sarah Moore, and Pat Sikora). He is currently doing research on the global competition between Boeing and Airbus and its impact on people who work in these firms.

Benjamin I. Page is the Gordon S. Fulcher Professor of Decision Making at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Ben’s interests include public opinion and policy making, the mass media, empirical democratic theory, political economy, policy formation, the presidency, and American foreign policy. He is currently engaged in a large collaborative project to study economically successful Americans and the common good and the rise and political consequences of income and wealth inequality in the United States.  

Table of Contents

Revel™ The Struggle for Democracy, 2018 Elections and Updates Edition

PART I: INTRODUCTION: MAIN THEMES
1. Democracy and American Politics
 
PART II: STRUCTURE
2. The Constitution
3. Federalism: States and Nation
4. The Structural Foundations of American Government and Politics
 
PART III: POLITICAL LINKAGE
5. Public Opinion          
6. The News Media      
7. Interest Groups and Business Power             
8. Social Movements    
9. Political Parties         
10. Voting, Campaigns, and Elections    
 
PART IV: GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNING  
11. Congress  
12. The Presidency      
13. The Executive Branch         
14. The Courts
 
PART V: WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES
15. Civil Liberties: The Struggle for Freedom      
16. Civil Rights: The Struggle for Political Equality          
17. Domestic Policies
18. Foreign and National Defense Policies

Revel California Government and Politics Today, 15th Edition

1. California Politics in Perspective
2. The Californians: Land, People, and Political Culture
3. California’s Historical Development
4. Freedom and Equality: California’s Delicate Balance
5. Media Influences, Social Media, and Interest Groups
6. Political Parties and Other Voluntary Organizations
7. Campaigns and Elections: Too Many?
8. The California Legislature
9. California’s Plural Executive: Governor Plus Seven
10. Paying the Bills: California’s Budget Struggles
11. California Courts and Judges
12. Criminal Justice and Civil Law
13. City Governments: Providing the Basics
14. Counties, Special Districts, and K–Graduate Public Education
15. Challenges for California’s Future