Understanding American Politics and Government, Brief Edition, Books a la Carte Plus MyPoliSciLab -- Access Card Package

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

• ISBN13: 9780205029952
• ISBN10: 0205029957
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2010-12-29
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Books agrave; la Carte are unbound, three-hole-punch versions of the textbook. This lower cost option is easy to transport and comes with same access code or media that would be packaged with the bound book. This Package Contains: MyPoliSciLab with E-Book Student Access Code Card and Understanding American Politics and Government, Brief Edition, Books a la Carte Edition 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." *The Brief version of this text contains abbreviated coverage of all the major topic areas*

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