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- American Government, Second Edition
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: University Press of Florida
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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This exciting new book explores the role of government, politics, and policy in American lives. Full of real life applications and scenarios, this text encourages and enables political thinking. The second edition has been updated to include recent developments in U.S. politics and government. This includes the description and analysis of the 2016 elections as well as the early Trump administration. Chapters have expanded coverage of immigration policy, environmental policy, economic policy, and global affairs (including counterterrorism policy). The text also includes analysis of racial issues in contemporary American politics and law. It also addresses questions about the state of the economy, jobs, and wages. Hyperlinks and URLs provide "deeper dives" into various topics and examples of comparative politics.
Table of Contents
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- 1 Why Government? Why Politics?
- pp. 1-24
- 3 Congress
- pp. 54-75
- 4 The Presidency
- pp. 76-110
- 5 The Courts
- pp. 112-142
- 6 Federalism
- pp. 143-163
- 7 The Media
- pp. 164-188
- 8 Public Opinion
- pp. 189-208
- 9 Political Ideology
- pp. 209-231
- 10 Political Participation
- pp. 232-261
- 11 Political Parties
- pp. 262-295
- 12 Interest Groups
- pp. 296-316
- 13 Public Policy
- pp. 317-363
- 14 Economic Policy
- pp. 364-400
- 15 Food Policy
- pp. 402-420
- 16: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- pp. 422-527
Additional Information
ISBN
9781616102197
Related ISBN(s)
9781616102180
MARC Record
OCLC
1150073433
Pages
528
Launched on MUSE
2020-04-13
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-SA
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