Faultlines : Debating the Issues in American Politics

Canon, David T.; Coleman, John J.; Mayer, Kenneth R.

ISBN 10: 039360344X / ISBN 13: 9780393603446

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Faultlines : Debating the Issues in American Politics
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039360344X
• ISBN 13: 9780393603446
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

The point-counterpoint approach of this brief reader encourages students to think critically about issues of major importance in American politics today from opposing perspectives.

About the Author

David T. Canon is professor and department chair of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His teaching and research interests focus on American political institutions, especially Congress, and racial representation. He is the author of Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts: Political Amateurs in the United States Congress; Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts (winner of the Richard F. Fenno Prize); The Dysfunctional Congress? (with Kenneth Mayer); and various articles and book chapters. He served a term as the Congress editor of Legislative Studies Quarterly. He is an AP consultant and has taught in the University of Wisconsin AP Summer Institute for U.S. Government and Politics since 1997. Professor Canon is the recipient of a University of Wisconsin Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award.