This critical thinking approach to American government asks students to evaluate the quality of democracy in America today within a unique framework that offers a holistic view of our system.
The seventh edition of this best-selling text has been completely updated through the 2004 Presidential Election. Continuing to offer a lively, critical thinking approach to the course, The Struggle for Democracy is organized around two themes: “Using the Democracy Standard” and “Using the Framework.” The first theme, woven throughout the narrative, asks students to evaluate the health and vitality of American democracy today against a carefully defined democratic ideal. The text's second theme, “Using the Framework,” asks students to look at the structures underlying our political system–such as the economy, society, cultural values, technology–and examine how these structures affect, and are affected by, our political system.
The Struggle for Democracy
Edward S. Greenberg · Benjamin I. Page
Critical thinking has always been at the heart of The Struggle for Democracy. Edward Greenberg and Benjamin Page specifically designed this text to help students become analytical thinkers, effective citizens, and to help them think holistically about American government and politics. To emphasize critical thinking, the authors organized this text around two principal themes to provide a structure for students’ learning: Evaluating Democracy and Using the Framework.
New to the Eighth Edition
Mapping American Politics boxes encourage critical thinking and visually demonstrate important political phenomena that may challenge students’ assumptions. Using colorful weighted maps called “cartograms,” this feature shows, for example, the actual representation of states
Comparative/Global sections appear throughout and compare key attributes of our political system such as constitutional rules, political culture, the economy, diversity, and immigration to those of other countries.
Detailed Timelines have been developed for many chapters, situating key concepts in historical context.
Completely updated to include in-depth discussion of the 2006 midterm campaigns and elections, appointments to and decisions by the Supreme Court, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the war on terrorism, the powers of the president and Congress, Hurricane Katrina, and much more!
MyPoliSciLab
Welcome to MyPoliSciLab, where participation leads to action!
MyPoliSciLab is a state-of-the-art, interactive and instructive online solution for the introduction to American government course. Designed to be used as a supplement to a traditional lecture course, or completely administer an online course, MyPoliSciLab combines multimedia, tutorials, simulations, tests, and quizzes to make teaching and learning fun!
What Students Are Saying About Online Exams and Quizzes:
“I love it. I keep trying until I get a perfect grade and after a couple of times you know the content like the back of your hand!”
“I liked being able to view the results of the quizzes immediately instead of having to wait for them to be graded by the instructor.”
What Students Are Saying About Online Activities:
“The activities were my favorite part of the course. They took a different approach to an interesting subject and made it more applicable to real-life situations. This made the subject seem even more real than before.”
“I think they are a great tool to get students to interact with the material in a way you couldn’t really do in class.”
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