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"The authors have been successful in producing a text which will help students learn how to think critically about politics. That?s my goal, too. Congratulations to the authors for doing that difficult job well."
-Sheldon Appleton, Oakland University
"It is important that students understand that we should never assume and always question whether we have a truly democratic system, and this text does that consistently. The "How Democratic Are We" boxes help here, as well, and I think students like the idea that the authors don?t hide behind some cloak of neutrality. They go out on a limb sometimes."
- Michael D. Martinez, University of Florida
"The concepts and the material are presented in a logical sequence and shown in a very stimulating and interesting approach in conjunction with excellent examples. There is no question in my mind that the students will find this textbook extremely interesting and approachable."
- Dr. Paul B. Davis, Truckee Meadows Community College
"The style of writing is what attracts me to this text. It is clear, easy to follow and provocative for students."
- Amy Pritchett, Cypress College
"The framework used by the authors is one of the most attractive qualities of the volume. It provides a way of introducing in a very direct manner, structural explanations of American politics."
- Michael E. Meagher, University of Missouri
"I have read many of the ?Using the Framework? boxes throughout the book. In almost every instance the issues are compelling and well demonstrated. This is a very simple and effective manner of presentation. The theme is clear and appropriately reinforced across the many chapters. While many texts do not provide clear themes, The Struggle for Democracy clearly does."
- Mark R. Joslyn, University of Kansas
"I hear comments that texts ignore the context of the American political system and take it for granted, especially the influence of our capitalist economic system and our commitment to individualism that exceeds many other democratic nations. I always respond by telling them to check out your textbook [Greenberg & Page, The Struggle for Democracy]."
- Maureen Rand Oakley, Mount St. Mary's College
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Edward S. Greenberg is Professor (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1967) of Political Science at the University of Colorado. He has served as the Chair of the Department, and is presently Director of the Research Program on Political and Economic Change at the Institute of Behavioral Science. Greenberg's research and teaching interests include American politics, political economy, and democratic theory and practice, with a special emphasis on workplace issues. He is the author of many articles in professional journals in these specialties. He also is the author of several books including: The American Political System (5th edition, 1989), Capitalism and the American Political Ideal (1985), Workplace Democracy (1986), and Serving the Few (1974); and the editor of Black Politics (1971), Political Socialization (1972), State Change (1990), and War and Its Consequences (1994). Greenberg has been the recipient of three major grants from the National Science Foundation and two from the National Institutes of Health. He is now engaged in a research project funded by the NIH that examines the impact of corporate restructuring on employees, including their social and political lives.
Benjamin I. Page (Ph D, Stanford University; JD, Harvard Law School) is Gordon S. Fulcher Professor of Decision Making and Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. Page?s interests include public opinion and policy making, the mass media, empirical democratic theory, political economy, policy formation, the presidency, and American foreign policy. He is author of a number of articles, including "Effects of Public Opinion on Policy" and "What Moves Public Opinion," both in the American Political Science Review, and of seven books, including The Rational Public: Fifty Years of Trends in Americans?' Policy Preferences (with Robert Shapiro, University of Chicago Press, 1992), Who Deliberates? Mass Media in Modern Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 1996) and What Government Can Do: Dealing with Poverty and Inequality (with James Simmons, University of Chicago Press, 2000). He is currently studying the mass media, the role of international law in American foreign policy, and public policy and inequality in the context of globalization.
