The Politics of Power: A Critical Introduction to American Government - Softcover

Katznelson, Ira; Kesselman, Mark; Draper, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393919447 ISBN 13: 9780393919448

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013

Synopsis

A critical, focused, point-of-view approach to American government, highlighting the ongoing tension between capitalism and democracy.

Students appreciate a critical approach; The Politics of Power gives them something to think about and argue with, rather than just facts to memorize. The Seventh Edition applies this successful framework to examine recent political conflict over fiscal policy, electoral demographics, health care reform, and economic inequality, among other vital issues.

About this title

About the Author:

Ira Katznelson is Columbia University's Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History. Having served as president of the American Political Science Association, he is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He is also the author of Fear Itself and When Affirmative Action Was White.

Mark Kesselman is professor emeritus of political science at Columbia University and co-editor of the International Political Science Review. He is co-author and co-editor of European Politics in Transition and editor of The Politics of Globalization.

Alan Draper is a professor of government at St. Lawrence University. He is the author of Conflict of Interests: Organized Labor and the Civil Rights Movement, 1955–1967 and co-author of The Good Society: An Introduction to Comparative Politics.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0393919447
• ISBN 13: 9780393919448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496