American Politics: Core Argument/Current Controversy (2nd Edition)

By Peter J. Wooley and Peter J. Woolley

This book was designed to provide readers with the tools to be intelligent evaluators of American political dialogue.This collection of classic and contemporary readings exposes students/readers to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130879193
• ISBN13: 9780130879196
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 477 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Concise! Informative! Readable!

I thought I was going to hate this course until I got hold of this wonderful anthology. Finally, a text that isn't a thinly veiled soap box for the authors' views. Finally, a book that neither talks down to the student nor buries him/her in esoterica. Finally, a reader that strikes the perfect balance between breadth and depth and points towards a clear path for further study. I have nothing but good things about this book and its obviously erudite authors.

Pretty good, even if I was forced to read it.

I was forced to read this book for a course in American Government and was not necessarily a happy camper. But I found the book contained readable bits of important people--philosophers to Presidents--and provided a number of competing views. In the end, I enjoyed wrapping my mind around a number of the complex dilemmas presented by various authors. Not a bad course book. But I should be on the beach and not writing this.

Get some perspective on American government

This is an excellent collection of essays from presidents to philosophers to political scientists. The essays are short with brief introductions. Good gift.