Keeping the Republic
Power and Citizenship in American Politics, BRIEF
6th Edition
Published on 4. June 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
624 pages
978-1-4833-5289-3 (ISBN)
Description
Carefully condensed from the full version by authors Christine Barbour and Gerald C. Wright, Keeping the Republic, Brief Edition gives your students the continuity and all the crucial content of the big book, in a more concise, value-priced text. Throughout the book, the authors draw students in to the study of American politics, teaching them to think critically about "who gets what, and how" and exploring twin themes of power and citizenship. In this new edition, the authors have partnered with award-winning information designer Mike Wirth to create a series of stunning, data-rich infographics, presenting information in new, more revealing ways. Combining critical thinking skills, pedagogically rich visuals, and the seminal work in the field of American politics, this trusted text is ideal for students who want to take an active part in their communities and government.
Reviews / Votes
"Keeping the Republic: Brief Edition is that rare text that clearly and briefly describes key political science concepts, while at the same time offering students substantive insight into the political process. Barbour and Wright's text is both comprehensive and completely relatable for students." -- Zachary Callen "Keeping the Republic: Brief Edition is my go-to American politics textbook. It's accessible and practical. Through an emphasis on citizenship, Barbour and Wright masterfully encourage students to analyze the impact of government and politics on their lives." -- Sara M. Butler "I'm really impressed with the new `Big Picture' feature. It will be really useful in encouraging my students to think more critically about American politics!" -- John CarhartMore details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 191 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4833-5289-3 (9781483352893)
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Persons
Christine Barbour teaches in the Political Science Department and the Hutton Honors College at Indiana University, where she has become increasingly interested in how teachers of large classes can maximize what their students learn. She is working with online course designers to create an online version of her Intro to American Politics class. 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 several 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 playing with her dogs, traveling with her coauthor, and writing about food. She is the food editor for Bloom Magazine of Bloomington and is a coauthor of Indiana Cooks!(2005) and Home Grown Indiana (2008). She also makes jewelry from precious metals and rough gemstones and if she ever retires, she will open a jewelry shop in a renovated air-stream 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 has taught political science at Indiana University since 1981, and he is currently the chair of the political science department. An accomplished scholar of American politics, and the 2010 winner of the State Politics and Policy Association's Career Achievement Award, his books include Statehouse Democracy: Public Opinion and Policy in the American States (1993), coauthored with Robert S. Erikson and John P. McIver, and he has published more than fifty articles on elections, public opinion, and state politics. Professor Wright has long studied the relationship among citizens, their preferences, and public policy.
He is currently conducting research funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation on the factors that influence the equality of policy representation in the states and in Congress. He is also writing a book about representation in U.S. legislatures. He has been a consultant for Project Vote Smart in the past several elections. Professor Wright is a member of Indiana University's Freshman Learning Project, a university-wide effort to improve the first-year undergraduate experience by focusing on how today's college students learn and how teachers can adapt their pedagogical methods to best teach them. In his nonworking hours, Professor Wright also likes to spend time with his dogs, travel, eat good food, fish, and play golf.
Gerald C. Wright has taught political science at Indiana University since 1981, and he is currently the chair of the political science department. An accomplished scholar of American politics, and the 2010 winner of the State Politics and Policy Association's Career Achievement Award, his books include Statehouse Democracy: Public Opinion and Policy in the American States (1993), coauthored with Robert S. Erikson and John P. McIver, and he has published more than fifty articles on elections, public opinion, and state politics. Professor Wright has long studied the relationship among citizens, their preferences, and public policy.
He is currently conducting research funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation on the factors that influence the equality of policy representation in the states and in Congress. He is also writing a book about representation in U.S. legislatures. He has been a consultant for Project Vote Smart in the past several elections. Professor Wright is a member of Indiana University's Freshman Learning Project, a university-wide effort to improve the first-year undergraduate experience by focusing on how today's college students learn and how teachers can adapt their pedagogical methods to best teach them. In his nonworking hours, Professor Wright also likes to spend time with his dogs, travel, eat good food, fish, and play golf.
Content
Chapter 1: Power and Citizenship in American Politics
What's at Stake... in Taking It to the Streets?
What Is Politics?
Political Systems and the Concept of Citizenship
Democracy in America
Who Is a Citizen and Who Is Not?
What Do American Citizens Believe?
How to Use the Themes and Features in This Book
Citizenship and Politics
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Profiles in Citizenship: Meagan Szydlowski
Don't Be Fooled by... Political Argument: Clues to Thinking Critically About Politics
The Big Picture: How to Think Critically
Review
Chapter 2: The Politics of the American Founding
What's at Stake... in Challenging the Legitimacy of the Government?
The Split From England
The Articles of Confederation
The Constitutional Convention
The Constitution
Ratification
Citizenship and the Founding
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Profiles in Citizenship: Newt Gingrich
Don't Be Fooled by... Your Social Networks
Snapshot of America: Who Were the Founders?
The Big Picture: How We Got to the Constitution From the Articles of Confederation
Review
Chapter 3: Federalism
What's at Stake... When State Takes Marijuana Laws into Its Own Hands?
What Is Federalism?
American Federalism Over Time
Federalism Today
Citizenship and Federalism
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Don't Be Fooled by... the Op-Ed Pages
Profiles in Citizenship: Rahm Emanuel
The Big Picture: How the National Government Influences the States
Review
Chapter 4: Fundamental American Liberties
What's at Stake... in Regulating Gun Ownership?
Rights in a Democracy
The Bill of Rights and the States
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Expression
The Right to Bear Arms
The Rights of Criminal Defendants
The Right to Privacy
Citizenship and Civil Liberties
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Snapshot of America: What Do We Believe?
The Big Picture: What the Bill of Rights Means to You
Profiles in Citizenship: Bill Maher
Review
Chapter 5: The Struggle for Equal Rights
What's at Stake... in the Adoption of Marriage Equality?
The Meaning of Political Inequality
Rights Denied on the Basis of Race
Rights Denied on the Basis of Race and Ethnicity
Rights Denied on the Basis of Gender
Rights Denied on Other Bases
Citizenship and Civil Rights Today
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: When the Law can Treat People Differently
Profiles in Citizenship: Susana Martinez
Don't Be Fooled by... the World Wide Web
Review
Chapter 6: Congress
What's at Stake... in Using the Nuclear Option to End a Filibuster?
Understanding Congress
Congressional Powers and Responsibilities
Congressional Elections
Congressional Organization
How Congress Works
Citizenship and Congress
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Profiles in Citizenship: Jon Tester
Snapshot of America: Who Represents Us in Congress?
The Big Picture: How Our Laws Are Made
Review
Chapter 7: The Presidency
What's at Stake... in a President's Use of Executive Power?
The Double Expectations Gap
The Evolution of the American Presidency
Presidential Politics
Managing the Presidential Establishment
The Presidential Personality
Citizenship and the Presidency
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: How Presidents Talk to the Nation
Profiles in Citizenship: Joe Biden
Review
Chapter 8: The Bureaucracy
What's at Stake... in Federal Regulation of the Organic Food Industry?
What Is Bureaucracy?
The American Federal Bureaucracy
Politics Inside the Bureaucracy
External Bureaucratic Politics
Citizenship and the Bureaucracy
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: How the Federal Bureaucracy Got So Big
Profiles in Citizenship: Jaime Schmidt
Review
Chapter 9: The American Legal System and the Courts
What's at Stake... When the Supreme Court Gets Involved in Partisan Politics?
Law and the American Legal System
Constitutional Provisions and the Development of Judicial Review
Federalism and the American Courts
The Supreme Court
Citizenship and the Courts
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: How a Case Gets to the Supreme Court
Profiles in Citizenship: Sandra Day O'Connor
Review
Chapter 10: Public Opinion
What's at Stake... When We Move to More Direct Democracy?
The Role of Public Opinion in a Democracy
Citizen Values
What Influences Our Opinions About Politics?
Measuring and Tracking Public Opinion
Citizenship and Public Opinion
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Snapshot of America: What do We Think, by Gender (and Marriage)?
Snapshot of America: What do We Think, by Race and Ethnicity?
Don't Be Fooled by... Public Opinion Polls
The Big Picture: How We Know What the Public Really Thinks
Profiles in Citizenship: Nate Silver
Review
Chapter 11: Parties and Interest Groups
What's at Stake... When a Party is Tied to Its Most Extreme Members?
What Are Political Parties?
The American Party System
The Roles, Formation, and Types of Interest Groups
Interest Group Politics
Interest Group Resources
Citizenship and Political Groups
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: How the American Political Parties Evolved
Don't Be Fooled by... Political Party Platforms
Profiles in Citizenship: Wayne Pacelle
Review
Chapter 12: Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
What's at Stake... in How a Campaign Gets Out Its Vote?
Exercising the Right to Vote in America
How the Voter Decides
Presidential Campaigns
Citizenship and Elections
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: How the Electoral College Works, and How It Might Work
Profiles in Citizenship: David Axelrod
Snapshot of America: How Did We Vote in the 2012 Presidential Election?
Don't Be Fooled by... Campaign Advertising
Review
Chapter 13: The Media
What's at Stake... in the Demise of the Print News Media?
Where Do We Get Our Information?
Who Owns the Media, and How Does That Affect Our News?
Who Are the Journalists?
The Media and Politics
Citizenship and the Media
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: Who Owns (and Controls) Today's Information Networks?
Don't Be Fooled by... the News Media
Profiles in Citizenship: Andrew Sullivan
Review
Chapter 14: Domestic and Foreign Policy
What's at Stake... in Moving to Renewable Energy?
Making Public Policy
Social Policy
Economic Policy
Foreign Policy
Citizenship and Policy
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: Rising Economic Inequality in America-The New Gilded Age
Don't Be Fooled by... Economic Indicators
Profiles in Citizenship: Peter Orszag
Review
What's at Stake... in Taking It to the Streets?
What Is Politics?
Political Systems and the Concept of Citizenship
Democracy in America
Who Is a Citizen and Who Is Not?
What Do American Citizens Believe?
How to Use the Themes and Features in This Book
Citizenship and Politics
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Profiles in Citizenship: Meagan Szydlowski
Don't Be Fooled by... Political Argument: Clues to Thinking Critically About Politics
The Big Picture: How to Think Critically
Review
Chapter 2: The Politics of the American Founding
What's at Stake... in Challenging the Legitimacy of the Government?
The Split From England
The Articles of Confederation
The Constitutional Convention
The Constitution
Ratification
Citizenship and the Founding
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Profiles in Citizenship: Newt Gingrich
Don't Be Fooled by... Your Social Networks
Snapshot of America: Who Were the Founders?
The Big Picture: How We Got to the Constitution From the Articles of Confederation
Review
Chapter 3: Federalism
What's at Stake... When State Takes Marijuana Laws into Its Own Hands?
What Is Federalism?
American Federalism Over Time
Federalism Today
Citizenship and Federalism
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Don't Be Fooled by... the Op-Ed Pages
Profiles in Citizenship: Rahm Emanuel
The Big Picture: How the National Government Influences the States
Review
Chapter 4: Fundamental American Liberties
What's at Stake... in Regulating Gun Ownership?
Rights in a Democracy
The Bill of Rights and the States
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Expression
The Right to Bear Arms
The Rights of Criminal Defendants
The Right to Privacy
Citizenship and Civil Liberties
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Snapshot of America: What Do We Believe?
The Big Picture: What the Bill of Rights Means to You
Profiles in Citizenship: Bill Maher
Review
Chapter 5: The Struggle for Equal Rights
What's at Stake... in the Adoption of Marriage Equality?
The Meaning of Political Inequality
Rights Denied on the Basis of Race
Rights Denied on the Basis of Race and Ethnicity
Rights Denied on the Basis of Gender
Rights Denied on Other Bases
Citizenship and Civil Rights Today
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: When the Law can Treat People Differently
Profiles in Citizenship: Susana Martinez
Don't Be Fooled by... the World Wide Web
Review
Chapter 6: Congress
What's at Stake... in Using the Nuclear Option to End a Filibuster?
Understanding Congress
Congressional Powers and Responsibilities
Congressional Elections
Congressional Organization
How Congress Works
Citizenship and Congress
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Profiles in Citizenship: Jon Tester
Snapshot of America: Who Represents Us in Congress?
The Big Picture: How Our Laws Are Made
Review
Chapter 7: The Presidency
What's at Stake... in a President's Use of Executive Power?
The Double Expectations Gap
The Evolution of the American Presidency
Presidential Politics
Managing the Presidential Establishment
The Presidential Personality
Citizenship and the Presidency
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: How Presidents Talk to the Nation
Profiles in Citizenship: Joe Biden
Review
Chapter 8: The Bureaucracy
What's at Stake... in Federal Regulation of the Organic Food Industry?
What Is Bureaucracy?
The American Federal Bureaucracy
Politics Inside the Bureaucracy
External Bureaucratic Politics
Citizenship and the Bureaucracy
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: How the Federal Bureaucracy Got So Big
Profiles in Citizenship: Jaime Schmidt
Review
Chapter 9: The American Legal System and the Courts
What's at Stake... When the Supreme Court Gets Involved in Partisan Politics?
Law and the American Legal System
Constitutional Provisions and the Development of Judicial Review
Federalism and the American Courts
The Supreme Court
Citizenship and the Courts
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: How a Case Gets to the Supreme Court
Profiles in Citizenship: Sandra Day O'Connor
Review
Chapter 10: Public Opinion
What's at Stake... When We Move to More Direct Democracy?
The Role of Public Opinion in a Democracy
Citizen Values
What Influences Our Opinions About Politics?
Measuring and Tracking Public Opinion
Citizenship and Public Opinion
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
Snapshot of America: What do We Think, by Gender (and Marriage)?
Snapshot of America: What do We Think, by Race and Ethnicity?
Don't Be Fooled by... Public Opinion Polls
The Big Picture: How We Know What the Public Really Thinks
Profiles in Citizenship: Nate Silver
Review
Chapter 11: Parties and Interest Groups
What's at Stake... When a Party is Tied to Its Most Extreme Members?
What Are Political Parties?
The American Party System
The Roles, Formation, and Types of Interest Groups
Interest Group Politics
Interest Group Resources
Citizenship and Political Groups
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: How the American Political Parties Evolved
Don't Be Fooled by... Political Party Platforms
Profiles in Citizenship: Wayne Pacelle
Review
Chapter 12: Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
What's at Stake... in How a Campaign Gets Out Its Vote?
Exercising the Right to Vote in America
How the Voter Decides
Presidential Campaigns
Citizenship and Elections
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: How the Electoral College Works, and How It Might Work
Profiles in Citizenship: David Axelrod
Snapshot of America: How Did We Vote in the 2012 Presidential Election?
Don't Be Fooled by... Campaign Advertising
Review
Chapter 13: The Media
What's at Stake... in the Demise of the Print News Media?
Where Do We Get Our Information?
Who Owns the Media, and How Does That Affect Our News?
Who Are the Journalists?
The Media and Politics
Citizenship and the Media
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: Who Owns (and Controls) Today's Information Networks?
Don't Be Fooled by... the News Media
Profiles in Citizenship: Andrew Sullivan
Review
Chapter 14: Domestic and Foreign Policy
What's at Stake... in Moving to Renewable Energy?
Making Public Policy
Social Policy
Economic Policy
Foreign Policy
Citizenship and Policy
Let's Revisit: What's at Stake...
The Big Picture: Rising Economic Inequality in America-The New Gilded Age
Don't Be Fooled by... Economic Indicators
Profiles in Citizenship: Peter Orszag
Review