The Enduring Debate: Classic and Contemporary Readings in American Politics, Fifth Edition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393932176 ISBN 13: 9780393932171

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

The most comprehensive reader for courses in American government, The Enduring Debate, Fifth Edition, balances classic and contemporary selections from a variety of scholarly and popular sources―with forty percent of the readings new to this edition.

Each chapter presents at least two readings in debate-style format, encouraging students to read critically and explore the different sides of issues.

About this title

About the Author:

David T. Canon is professor and department chair of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His teaching and research interests focus on American political institutions, especially Congress, and racial representation. He is the author of Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts: Political Amateurs in the United States Congress; Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts (winner of the Richard F. Fenno Prize); The Dysfunctional Congress? (with Kenneth Mayer); and various articles and book chapters. He served a term as the Congress editor of Legislative Studies Quarterly. He is an AP consultant and has taught in the University of Wisconsin AP Summer Institute for U.S. Government and Politics since 1997. Professor Canon is the recipient of a University of Wisconsin Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award.

John J. Coleman is dean of the College of Liberal Arts and professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. His teaching and research interests are in the evolution of the American state and the relationship between changes in the political economy of the United States and its party structure.

Kenneth R. Mayer is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His teaching and research interests focus on American political institutions, especially Congress, the Presidency, and defense policy.

Review:

The best selection yet of readings necessary for an introduction to American politics and highly appropriate for undergraduates. -- Mark P. Petracca, University of California, Irvine

This is an excellent book; presenting the issues before the "debate" from several different perspectives is a fine idea. -- Gloria T. Cohen-Dion, Bloomsburg University

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393932176
• ISBN 13: 9780393932171
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 752
• Editor: Canon David T., Coleman John J., Mayer Kenneth R.