American Government: Power & Purpose

By Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, Kenneth A. Shepsle

Book Overview

With its star-powered scholar author team, led by the newest co-author Hahrie Han, and innovative Five Principles of Politics Framework, Power and Purpose prepares students to analyze contemporary politics in the book and in the real world. Hahrie Han brings the collective action principle into focus, with expanded coverage in the Eighteenth Edition. The Norton Illumine Ebook's new Check Your Understanding questions, together with InQuizitive, engage students in applying the Five Principles framework to American politics.

• Format: Misc.
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324088192
• ISBN13: 9781324088196
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 1016 Pages

Customer Reviews

Got this for a college course

So I really ordered this book as part of a college course. However, this book is easy to read and is not incredibly boring, as some government textbooks go. The book has a good online website with interactive "Analyzing the Evidence" exercises, which were fun and easy to use. As textbooks go, this one is pretty good. I would recommend it.