
Keeping the Republic
Power and Citizenship in American Politics
CQ Press
5th Edition
Published on 12. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-1-4522-2015-4 (ISBN)
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Description
A consistent and compelling narrative is crucial to student engagement with any book. But sadly, so many brief editions are mere cut-and-paste versions of their comprehensive selves. Not the case with Keeping the RepublicAEs brief edition. Carefully condensed by Barbour and Wright, this text gives your students all the continuity and crucial content of the full version, just in a more concise, value-oriented package. And now, your students benefit from a new full-color interior design. Photos jump off the page and colorful charts, tables, and maps enhance studentsAE data literacy. Repeatedly praised for engaging students to think critically about owho gets what and howoe in American politics, Barbour and Wright show them how institutions and rules determine who wins and who loses in the political arena. The authors carefully craft each graphic, boxed feature, and vignette to develop studentsAE analytic capabilities. By introducing them to the seminal work in the field and showing them how to employ the themes of power and citizenship, this proven text builds confidence in students who want to take an active part in their communities and governmentuso they play their part in keeping the republic.
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Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
857 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4522-2015-4 (9781452220154)
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Power and Citizenship in American Politics, BRIEF
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Christine Barbour | Gerald C. Wright
Keeping the Republic
Power and Citizenship in American Politics (Brief Edition)
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4th Edition
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Persons
Christine Barbour teaches in the Political Science Department at Indiana University, and directs the department's IU POLS DC internship program. She is a faculty liaison for the University's dual-credit program, which delivers an online version of her Intro to American Politics class to high school students across the state. At Indiana, Professor Barbour has been a Lilly Fellow, working on a project to increase student retention in large introductory courses, and a member of the Freshman Learning Project, a university-wide effort to improve the first-year undergraduate experience. She has served on the New York Times College Advisory Board, working with other educators to develop ways to integrate newspaper reading into the undergraduate curriculum. She has won multiple teaching honors, but the two awarded by her students mean the most to her: the Indiana University Student Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Faculty and the Indiana University Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Brown Derby Award. When not teaching or writing textbooks, Professor Barbour enjoys traveling with her coauthor, blogging about food and travel, and playing with her dogs and cat. She contributes to Bloom Magazine of Bloomington and is a coauthor several cookbooks. She also makes jewelry from precious metals and rough gemstones. If she ever retires, she will open a jewelry shop in a renovated Airstream on the beach in Apalachicola, Florida, where she plans to write another cookbook and a book about the local politics, development, and fishing industry.
Gerald C. Wright taught political science at Indiana University from 1981 until his recent retirement. An accomplished scholar of American politics, and the 2010 winner of the State Politics and Policy Association's Career Achievement Award, his work includes Statehouse Democracy: Public Opinion and Policy in the American States (1993), coauthored with Robert S. Erikson and John P. McIver, and more than fifty articles on elections, public opinion, and state politics. Professor Wright's research interests focus on representation - the fundamental relationship among citizens, their preferences, and public policy. He writes primarily about state politics, representation, political parties, and inequality.
He is currently working on a book about parties and representation in U.S. legislatures. He has been a consultant for Project Vote Smart for a number of years and was a founding member of Indiana University's Freshman Learning Project. In retirement, Professor Wright grows vegetables, golfs, fishes, travels, and plays with his dogs and cat. He is an awesome cook.
Gerald C. Wright taught political science at Indiana University from 1981 until his recent retirement. An accomplished scholar of American politics, and the 2010 winner of the State Politics and Policy Association's Career Achievement Award, his work includes Statehouse Democracy: Public Opinion and Policy in the American States (1993), coauthored with Robert S. Erikson and John P. McIver, and more than fifty articles on elections, public opinion, and state politics. Professor Wright's research interests focus on representation - the fundamental relationship among citizens, their preferences, and public policy. He writes primarily about state politics, representation, political parties, and inequality.
He is currently working on a book about parties and representation in U.S. legislatures. He has been a consultant for Project Vote Smart for a number of years and was a founding member of Indiana University's Freshman Learning Project. In retirement, Professor Wright grows vegetables, golfs, fishes, travels, and plays with his dogs and cat. He is an awesome cook.
Content
Preface
To the Student
1. Power and Citizenship in American Politics
2. The Politics of the American Founding
3. Federalism
4. Fundamental American Liberties
5. The Struggle for Equal Rights
6. Congress
7. The Presidency
8. The Bureaucracy
9. The American Legal System and the Courts
10. Public Opinion
11. Parties and Interest Groups
12. Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
13. The Media
14. Domestic and Foreign Policy
Appendix Material
Notes
Glossary
Index
To the Student
1. Power and Citizenship in American Politics
2. The Politics of the American Founding
3. Federalism
4. Fundamental American Liberties
5. The Struggle for Equal Rights
6. Congress
7. The Presidency
8. The Bureaucracy
9. The American Legal System and the Courts
10. Public Opinion
11. Parties and Interest Groups
12. Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
13. The Media
14. Domestic and Foreign Policy
Appendix Material
Notes
Glossary
Index