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Understanding American Politics

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ISBN-10: 1442605995

ISBN-13: 9781442605992

Edition: 2nd 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Stephen Brooks, Douglas L. Koopman, J. Matthew Wilson

List price: $78.00
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Understanding American Politics provides an excellent introduction to the contemporary political landscape in the United States. Using the idea of "American exceptionalism" as its core organizing feature, this text offers an original and highly useful approach to understanding American government and politics.The second edition provides a very strong introduction to political institutions and includes a new chapter on public opinion. The entire book has been revised throughout, taking into account the dramatic changes that have emerged since the 2010 congressional elections, as well as incorporating the results of the 2012 presidential election. it also pays close attention to what is seen…    
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Book details

List price: $78.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication date: 5/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.51" wide x 9.24" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Stephen Brooks is Professor of Political Science at the University of Windsor and teaches political science at the University of Michigan. He has written several books on American politics including As Others See Us: The Causes and Consequences of Foreign Perceptions of America (2006) and American Exceptionalism in the Age of Obama (2013).

J. Matthew Wilson is associate professor of political science at Southern Methodist University.

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
American Exceptionalism
Ideas and Behavior
Political Culture
Public Opinion
Religion and Politics
Structures of Government
The Constitution
Congress
The Presidency
The Judiciary
Participation and Power
Civic Participation in America
Racial Inequality
The Politics of Inequality
Parties and Elections
Who Rules America?
Foreign Policy
America in the World
Appendices
The Declaration of Independence
Federalist Papers 10 and 51
The Constitution of the United States
Presidents of the United States
Index