Politics in America - Active Book - Softcover

Dye, Thomas R.; Learning, Active

9780130975218: Politics in America - Active Book

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130975214 ISBN 13: 9780130975218

Publisher: Pearson, 2001

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For courses in introductory American Government.

This text uses Harold Laswell's classic definition of politics―“Who gets what, when and how”―as a framework for presenting a clear, concise, and stimulating introduction to the American political system. Completely up-to-date, with results and analysis from Election 2000, this lively and absorbing narrative examines the struggle for power―the participants, the stakes, the processes and the institutional arena. A brief paperback text gives the students concepts and background, while guiding them through an abundance of interactive features that explore timely issues and opinions, draw cross-cultural comparisons, and introduce important people.

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From the Back Cover:

DON'T JUST READ. LEARN!

The activebook™ experience is an interactive, online, digital book that integrates multimedia resources with the textbook to greatly enhance student learning.

THE active book™ EXPERIENCE:

Uses the Web for what it's good at!
An activebook™ experience takes full advantage of the online environment. Gearing Up quizzes highlight the chapter's central concepts. Our Active Examples and Active Exercises help students explore the chapter's most important points through video, audio, and text. Our Active Concept Checks allow students to test their understanding of the material at the end of major sections, with links back to appropriate coverage. Chapter Wrap-Ups include a practice quiz, which gives students a chance to test their knowledge. Dynamic content is updated as often as needed.

Lets students learn the way they learn best!
The activebook™ experience engages students of all learning styles through our online print, audio, and video resources. Students can annotate their activebookT11 experience and customize their view of the book's dynamic resources.

Gives students more for less!
The activebook™ experience gives students multimedia and interactive content, and costs less than traditional textbooks. Even though the core text is retained in print, the print component is shorter than a traditional text. The boxed material, chapter summaries, exercises, and other content that can be made dynamic reside in the online component.

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About the Author:

THOMAS R. DYE, Emeritus McKenzie Professor of Government at Florida State University regularly taught large introductory classes in American politics and was University Teacher of the Year in 1987. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Pennsylvania State University and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books and articles on American government and public policy, including. The Irony of Democracy, Politics in States and Communities, Understanding Public Policy, Who's Running America, American Politics in the Media Age, Power in Society, Politics, Economics, and the Public, and American Federalism: Competition Among Governments. His books have been translated into many languages, including Russian and Chinese, and published abroad. He has served as president of the Southern Political Science Association, president of the Policy Studies Organization, and secretary of the American Political Science Association. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Georgia, and served as a visiting scholar at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi, and is listed in most major biographical directories. Additional information is available at www.thomasr.dye.com.

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