This convenient Portable Version of O’Connor/Sabato’s American Government: Continuity and Changefeatures all the content of the original comprehensive text split into four lightweight, paperbacks–Foundations, Institutions, Political Behavior, and Public Policy–plus new practice tests for students found at the back of each volume.
Guided by the belief that students must first understand how American government developed over more than two centuries to fully understand the issues facing the United States today, O'Connor/Sabato offers the strongest coverage of both history and current events of any college textbook devoted to American politics. This best-selling book provides the historical context students need to understand our government and the most crucial and controversial issues affecting the nation in the 21st century.
American Government: Continuity and Change, has been extensively revised to provide the most in-depth and current coverage of the 2006 midterm elections, the second George W. Bush administration, the Iraq War, and increasing controversies related to the conduct of the war on terrorism, including renewed calls for additional congressional oversight of the Executive Branch. The new edition also emphasizes the extent to which shared American values shape and affect policy and influence key political conflicts.
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The new Portable Version format provides all the material from the comprehensive text in four brief, paperback volumes, allowing students to study almost anywhere. The convenient, slender volumes can be easily carried to class, to the library, or on public transportation. Pagination is identical to the original text, so instructors can order both options for their students.
Each individual volume–Foundations, Institutions, Political Behavior, and Public Policy–contains a table of contents, notes, glossary, and an index, modified for the precise chapters within its covers. In addition, practice test questions appear at the back of each volume. Featuring approximately 30 multiple choice questions per chapter, the tests include answers so students can use them for self study.
NEW! American Values/American Voices feature American political culture, with its emphasis on liberty, equality, and individualism, as well as other values, is the glue that holds American citizens together. Differing views of what it means to adhere to these values, however, often create conflict and division—especially in the policy arena. American Values/American Voices boxes are intended to help students understand the passionate beliefs and common concerns that underlie the controversies being debated on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in statehouses and homes across the United States. Topics discussed include U.S. efforts to promote democracy abroad, changes in government policy related to the Establishment Clause, voting rights for ex-felons, and veterans running for office.
Classic American Government: Continuity and Change features have been overhauled to cover the latest topics in American politics, including:
Chapter 1 now includes a subsection that discusses the importance of religious faith as an element of shared political culture in the United States, along with updated demographic data and an expanded discussion of the aging U.S. population. The ideology section now discusses the functions of ideology and contrasts traditional conservatism with social conservatism.
Chapter 2 includes new coverage of the Iraqi Constitution and how it compares with the U.S. Constitution.
Chapter 3 opens with a new vignette about governmental responses to Hurricane Katrina and includes an updated discussion of judicial devolution and the Roberts Court.
Chapter 4 covers state-level outcomes in the 2006 midterm elections and how party control of state government can have national ramifications. State minimum wage increase initiatives are also discussed.
Chapter 5 includes an expanded dis...
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: As New. 2008 Edition. As new, some have wear from shelfs. Covers are in good condition. Light rubbing, Pages are nice and crisp. This is 4 books Parts 1- 4 0205621732 Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; ISBN: 0205621732. ISBN/EAN: 9780205621736. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561026610. Seller Inventory # 1561026610