American Government and Politics Today With Infotrac - Hardcover

Schmidt, Steffen W.; Etc.; Shelley, Mack; Bardes, Barbara

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9780534592561: American Government and Politics Today With Infotrac

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534592562 ISBN 13: 9780534592561

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2002

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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY helps students experience the excitement that comes from active, informed citizenship. Schmidt, Shelley, and Bardes' landmark text is renowned nationwide for its balanced, unbiased, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of constitutional, governmental, political, social, and economic structures and processes. The overriding theme of the book is the importance of informed active citizenship, and the pedagogy underscores this theme by soliciting critical thinking about political issues and encouraging students to become involved the political process. With keen awareness of its audience, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY incorporates current examples, the Internet, and other media to stimulate learning and excitement about American government. This truly interactive text gives students more than reading material; it gives them tools to become good citizens.

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"The book is very current. In fact, some parts of it read like a newspaper. An example would be the blue ink modifications to the Constitution in chapter 2. The book is very meticulous. An excellent example is the discussion on page 430. The authors make the following statement...Since the early twentieth century, presidents have spoken more to the public and less to Congress. Many authors would have let the statement stand without any verification. However SSB follows this up with evidence from Samuel Kernell's Going Public, which has become one of the definitive works on presidential leadership. The authors make good use of the Internet. I am not comfortable with the Internet as a research tool. However, it is with us and students will use it. I also appreciate that a good web site is worth two days searching the library. This books takes pains to sort through the cyber jungle leading students to sites containing information as reliable and valid at they will find anywhere, as opposed to 'rant and rave' home pages."

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