American Government: Power & Purpose, 2014 Election Update - Core Edition - Softcover

Lowi, Theodore J.; Ginsberg, Benjamin; Shepsle, Kenneth A.; Ansolabehere, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393264181 ISBN 13: 9780393264180

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2015

Synopsis

The text that professors trust to get students thinking analytically about American government now includes new content on how race, gender, and group identity intersect with political behavior and institutions. And, leading scholars have contributed new Analyzing the Evidence features that engage students with the questions and methods that political students use themselves.The 2014 Election Update editions include results and analysis from the 2014 election results as well as updated discussions of other important political developments, such as Obama s executive orders on immigration and the new limits on the filibuster. In addition, many figures and tables have been updated with the latest data."

About this title

About the Author:

Theodore J. Lowi has been John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University since 1972. He was elected President of the American Political Science Association in 1990 and was cited as the political scientist who made the most significant contribution to the field during the decade of the 1970s. Among his numerous books are The End of Liberalism and The Pursuit of Justice, on which he collaborated with Robert F. Kennedy.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0393264181
• ISBN 13: 9780393264180
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 631