AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY: THE ESSENTIALS 2011-2012, International Edition inspires students to join the exciting process of being active, informed citizens. Bardes, Shelley, and Schmidt provide an unbiased and concisely organized overview of this essential subject, updated with complete Election 2010 coverage and the latest on the economic downturn and recovery policy. The text's fundamental theme continues to be the importance of participating in active citizenship, emphasizing continual critical thinking about political issues, and encouraging students to become involved in the political process. With a keen understanding of the needs and interests of today's students, the authors incorporate abundant current examples, including increased coverage of the impact of the Internet and other media, to stimulate learning and excitement. The text is redesigned for even greater reader appeal.
Emphasizing the importance of participating in active citizenship, the book teaches you how to think critically about political issues as well as how to get involved in the political process.
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This thoroughly updated edition of Schmidt, Shelley, and Bardes' popular text offers balanced, unbiased, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of constitutional, governmental, political, social, and economic structures and processes.
In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, providing for internal taxation of legal documents and even newspapers. The colonists' Stamp Act Congress, assembled in 1765, called this act “taxation without representation.
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In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, providing for internal taxation of legal documents and even newspapers—or, as the colonists' Stamp Act Congress, assembled in 1765, called it, “taxation without representation.
So will the ways in which some of today's important issues are resolved. Readers of this text will learn about these issues and the government institutions and processes that have framed their outcomes.
The Fifth Edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives.
Written for all students of politics coming to the subject for the first time, this textbook provides a lively and accessible introduction and guide to all the main features and characteristics of one of the most distinctive and complex ...
A standard textbook on the basic concepts and institutions of American government.