Understanding American Government (with CourseReader 0-30: American Government Printed Access Card)

By Susan Welch

Book Overview

UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN GOVERNMENT is highly respected and trusted for its attention to research and issues of diversity, as well as for its award-winning team of authors. While covering the foundations of American government, this text also moves beyond the nuts and bolts to explain why and how important aspects of government have evolved, their impact on government and individuals, and why they may be controversial, inspire debate, and worth learning. More than just narrating facts and current issues, UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN GOVERNMENT leaves students with an understanding of the "why", so their knowledge can be applied long after the course is completed. UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN GOVERNMENT is a three-time winner of the American Government Textbook Award for the Best Treatment of Women in Politics, by the Women's Caucus for Political Science.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1133955746
• ISBN13: 9781133955740
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Wadsworth
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Lots to learn from "Understanding American Government"

This book, being a recently revised edition, presents U.S. Governmental History from a fresh current and unbiased perspective. I recommend every adult citizen to read this book or something like it every 10 years. Let's not forget how and why we do things the way we do.

Good book overall for the class

Good book for the class. A bit overpriced I think, but that is normal for textbooks. Lots of useful info and a good general coverage of the fundamentals of American Government.

Lot of material; basic principles, history and so on

I took a course in which the teacher used this manuel and I found it really helpful; pretty much everything is in there: basic principles of the political system with a lot of history (which is really interesting because that helps you to understand and remember what you learned: put things in context) The book is divided in about 15 chapters, each of them on a particular aspect: american society, federalism, justice system, elections, etc. I think the most important aspect of this book is all the history in each chapters. This book is fine for beginners and for intermediate as well.