Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship in American Politics

By Christine Barbour, Gerald Wright, Gerald C. Wright

Book Overview

Carefully condensed by authors Christine Barbour and Gerald C. Wright--no cut-and-paste version here--Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship in American Politics, 5th Brief Edition gives your students all the continuity and crucial content of the full version, in a more concise, value-oriented package. And now, your students benefit from a full-color interior design. Photos jump off the page and colorful charts, tables, and maps enhance students′ data literacy. This up-to-date revision pulls in thoughtful discussion of the second half of the Obama administration and the 2012 election results.

Repeatedly praised for engaging students to think critically about "who gets what and how," the authors show them how institutions and rules determine who wins and who loses in the political arena. The authors carefully craft each section and feature to develop students′ analytic capabilities, to build confidence in students who want to take an active part in their communities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452220158
• ISBN13: 9781452220154
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

GREAT!!

The book was in wonderful condition, and was shipped to my house in about a two weeks. Great timing right before school started! Thanks so much!

impressed

The book arrived on time and met the description as far as condition of the book. No complaints!

It's is as good as politics can get

Not everything within the book is completely accurate it does have a biased opinion based on the authors own opinions, but hey it is a book about politics and I needed it for school.

comprehensive explanation of the American system

As a textbook for political science students, the authors offer engaging reading. Explaining from scratch the American political system. With an understandable emphasis on the federal level of government. Naturally, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are prominently discussed. But so too is the federal bureaucracy. In fact, an entire chapter is devoted to the latter. Constitutional and legal purists might decry this. But the intricacies of the federal government are a fact of life, with some 3 million civilian employees [excluding the armed forces]. And the chapter goes someways towards deciphering this apparatus. Public opinion and ways in which it might be influenced [or manipulated, depending on your viewpoint], also gets a chapter. Related to this is another chapter on interest groups. If you are going to read either chapter, you would do well to also read the other. The description of the political parties seems quite even handed. A dispassionate analysis of their main themes and supporters. Along with a historical context of how both parties changed. Naturally, terrorism and the post 2001 events get considerable play. Here, the book is on somewhat weaker ground. Simply because the very timeliness of events means that it is hard for any text to keep up.