Principles and Practice of American Politics
Classic and Contemporary Readings
6th Edition
Published on 7. April 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-1-4833-1987-2 (ISBN)
Description
This collection effectively examines the strategic behaviour of key players in American politics, showing that political actors, though motivated by their own interests, are governed by the Constitution, the law, and institutional rules, as well as influenced by the strategies of others. In this sixth edition of Principles and Practice of American Politics, the articles selected reflect the changing federal-state relationship; the continuing debates over the polarization of the American electorate and Congress; the role of media in influencing public views of politicians and issues; and the ever-evolving state of civil rights and civil liberties. Each and every selection is artfully framed by Kernell and Smith's contextual headnotes and 7 of the readings are written specifically for the volume. It's the perfect companion volume for The Logic of American Politics.
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"I love Kernell and Smith. It helps me to connect the things that political scientists have to say about politics with what students think they know about politics." -- Marc Hetherington "The best thing about Principles and Practice is that it provides key excerpts from some of the most important political science articles in American politics. A ten-page reading is much more productive for students than the entire article, especially for undergrads." -- Aaron King, University of North Carolina at Wilmington "I use Principles and Practice as a reader to stimulate discussion and encourage students to wrestle with some of the fundamental debates about how the political process works. I also like to use it as a way to introduce students to empirical approaches to answering questions about American government." -- David Doherty "I am pleased with Principles and Practice in American Politics, and my students are as well. It has lots of different options per topic and does a good job of blending contemporary pieces with classics." -- Logan DanceyMore 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
Weight
722 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4833-1987-2 (9781483319872)
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Samuel Kernell is distinguished emeritus professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, where he has taught since 1977. Kernell's research interests focus on the presidency, political communication, and American political history. His books include Veto Rhetoric: A Leadership Strategy for Divided Government; Going Public: New Strategies of Presidential Leadership, 4th edition; Strategy and Choice in Congressional Elections, 2nd edition (with Gary C. Jacobson); and Party Ballots, Reform, and the Transformation of America's Electoral System (with Erik J. Engstrom). He has also edited Parallel Politics: Economic Policymaking in Japan and the United States; The Politics of Divided Government (with Gary W. Cox); and James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government. He is presently writing an intellectual biography of James H. Rowe.
Steven S. Smith is professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He also is the Kate M. Gregg Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences and former Director of the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University. In addition to Wash U, he has been on the faculties of the University of Minnesota, George Washington University, and Northwestern University, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is the author or coauthor of Politics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress (2017), The American Congress (10 editions, 1995-2019), The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Parliamentary Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senate (2014), Party Influence in Congress (2007), The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma (2001), Politics or Principle: Filibustering in the United States Senate (1997), Call to Order: Floor Politics in the House and Senate (1989), Managing Uncertainty in the House of Representatives: Adaptation and Innovation in Special Rules (1988), Committees in Congress (1984, 1990, 1997).
Steven S. Smith is professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He also is the Kate M. Gregg Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences and former Director of the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University. In addition to Wash U, he has been on the faculties of the University of Minnesota, George Washington University, and Northwestern University, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is the author or coauthor of Politics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress (2017), The American Congress (10 editions, 1995-2019), The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Parliamentary Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senate (2014), Party Influence in Congress (2007), The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma (2001), Politics or Principle: Filibustering in the United States Senate (1997), Call to Order: Floor Politics in the House and Senate (1989), Managing Uncertainty in the House of Representatives: Adaptation and Innovation in Special Rules (1988), Committees in Congress (1984, 1990, 1997).
Content
Chapter 1. Designing Institutions
from The Logic of Collective Action - Mancur Olson, Jr.
The Tragedy of the Commons - Garrett Hardin
Chapter 2. The Constitutional Framework
Anti-Federalist No. 3 - Brutus
Federalist No. 10 - James Madison
Federalist No. 51 - James Madison
from Reassessing James Madison's Political Science - Samuel Kernell
Chapter 3. Federalism
Federalism: Sorting Out Who Does What - Donald F. Kettl
A Separate Peace - Jonathan Rauch
How America's 'Devolution Revolution' Reshaped its Federalism - Thad Kousser
Chapter 4. Civil Rights
Schuette v. Bamn - Supreme Court of the United States
from "New State Voting Laws: Barriers to the Ballot?" - Justin Levitt
Chapter 5. Civil Liberties
from Republic 2.0 - Cass Sunstein
Roe v. Wade - Supreme Court of the United States
The Real World of Constitutional Rights: The Supreme Court and The Implementation of the Abortion Decisions - Gerald N. Rosenberg
Chapter 6. Congress
Congress, The Troubled Institution - Steven S. Smith
The Politics of Legislative Stalemate - Sarah A. Binder
Congressional Committees in a Continuing Partisan Era - John H. Aldrich and David W. Rohde
Chapter 7. The Presidency
from Presidential Power and Modern Presidents - Richard E. Neustadt
from The Politics of Presidential Appointments - David E. Lewis
from Going Public - Samuel Kernell
Chapter 8. The Bureaucracy
The Politics of Bureaucratic Structure - Terry M. Moe
Chapter 9. The Judiciary
from A Matter of Interpretation - Antonin Scalia
from Active Liberty - Stephen Breyer
Federalist No. 78 - Alexander Hamilton
Selecting Justice: The Ideology of Federal Judges Appointed by President Barack Obama - Robert A. Carp and Kenneth L. Manning
Chapter 10. Public Opinion
Analyzing and Interpreting Polls - Herbert Asher
A Simple Theory of the Survey Response: Answering Questions versus Revealing Preferences - John Zaller and Stanley Feldman
from Culture War? The Myth of Polarized America - Morris P. Fiorina
The Polarized Electorate - Alan Abramowitz
Chapter 11. Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
from The Reasoning Voter - Samuel L. Popkin
No Compromise: The Electoral Origins of Legislative Gridlock - Gary C. Jacobson
America's Ignorant Voters - Michael Schudson
Want a Better Forecast? Measure the Campaign, Not Just the Economy - Lynn Vavreck
Chapter 12. Political Parties
from Why Parties? - John Aldrich
Partisanship and Voting Behavior, 1952-1996 - Larry M. Bartels
Parties as a Problem Solver - Morris P. Fiorina
Chapter 13. Interest Groups
The Scope and Bias of the Pressure System - E.E. Schattschneider
Issue Advertising and Legislative Advocacy in Health Politics - Richard L. Hall and Richard Anderson
Gridlock Lobbying: Breaking, Creating, and Maintaining Legislative Stalemate - Jennifer Nicoll Victor
Chapter 14. News Media
The Market and the Media - James T. Hamilton
Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use - Shanto Iyengar and Kyu S. Hahn
from The Logic of Collective Action - Mancur Olson, Jr.
The Tragedy of the Commons - Garrett Hardin
Chapter 2. The Constitutional Framework
Anti-Federalist No. 3 - Brutus
Federalist No. 10 - James Madison
Federalist No. 51 - James Madison
from Reassessing James Madison's Political Science - Samuel Kernell
Chapter 3. Federalism
Federalism: Sorting Out Who Does What - Donald F. Kettl
A Separate Peace - Jonathan Rauch
How America's 'Devolution Revolution' Reshaped its Federalism - Thad Kousser
Chapter 4. Civil Rights
Schuette v. Bamn - Supreme Court of the United States
from "New State Voting Laws: Barriers to the Ballot?" - Justin Levitt
Chapter 5. Civil Liberties
from Republic 2.0 - Cass Sunstein
Roe v. Wade - Supreme Court of the United States
The Real World of Constitutional Rights: The Supreme Court and The Implementation of the Abortion Decisions - Gerald N. Rosenberg
Chapter 6. Congress
Congress, The Troubled Institution - Steven S. Smith
The Politics of Legislative Stalemate - Sarah A. Binder
Congressional Committees in a Continuing Partisan Era - John H. Aldrich and David W. Rohde
Chapter 7. The Presidency
from Presidential Power and Modern Presidents - Richard E. Neustadt
from The Politics of Presidential Appointments - David E. Lewis
from Going Public - Samuel Kernell
Chapter 8. The Bureaucracy
The Politics of Bureaucratic Structure - Terry M. Moe
Chapter 9. The Judiciary
from A Matter of Interpretation - Antonin Scalia
from Active Liberty - Stephen Breyer
Federalist No. 78 - Alexander Hamilton
Selecting Justice: The Ideology of Federal Judges Appointed by President Barack Obama - Robert A. Carp and Kenneth L. Manning
Chapter 10. Public Opinion
Analyzing and Interpreting Polls - Herbert Asher
A Simple Theory of the Survey Response: Answering Questions versus Revealing Preferences - John Zaller and Stanley Feldman
from Culture War? The Myth of Polarized America - Morris P. Fiorina
The Polarized Electorate - Alan Abramowitz
Chapter 11. Voting, Campaigns, and Elections
from The Reasoning Voter - Samuel L. Popkin
No Compromise: The Electoral Origins of Legislative Gridlock - Gary C. Jacobson
America's Ignorant Voters - Michael Schudson
Want a Better Forecast? Measure the Campaign, Not Just the Economy - Lynn Vavreck
Chapter 12. Political Parties
from Why Parties? - John Aldrich
Partisanship and Voting Behavior, 1952-1996 - Larry M. Bartels
Parties as a Problem Solver - Morris P. Fiorina
Chapter 13. Interest Groups
The Scope and Bias of the Pressure System - E.E. Schattschneider
Issue Advertising and Legislative Advocacy in Health Politics - Richard L. Hall and Richard Anderson
Gridlock Lobbying: Breaking, Creating, and Maintaining Legislative Stalemate - Jennifer Nicoll Victor
Chapter 14. News Media
The Market and the Media - James T. Hamilton
Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use - Shanto Iyengar and Kyu S. Hahn