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• “Global Politics” boxes throughout the text look at aspects of our government in a comparative view, giving students a deeper understanding of the distinctiveness of our system.

• Superior coverage of diversity—ethnic, racial, and gender” throughout the book.

• TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE—“Web Exploration” icons in the margins of the text direct students to these exercises on O'Connor's Companion Website. Students are sent to selected websites to explore topics in greater depth and are asked to answer critical thinking questions about the material they find. Their answers to these critical thinking questions can be emailed to professors.

New To This Edition

• Thoroughly updated coverage of the 2004 elections and other current events, such as American foreign policy in the Middle East.

• New! New York Times reader consisting of 25 articles bound in the back of book reviews the highpoints of the “2004 Race for the White House.”

• Chapter 14 on foreign policy. In response to the increased focus on America's foreign policy around the world, the authors have added this chapter, which includes coverage of the U.S.'response to 9/11, the war with Iraq, and more.

• “Join the Debate” feature introduces students to a provocative issue under debate today and explores that issue by using a real news article, news commentary, or transcript.

• “On Campus” boxed features throughout the text talk about an issue directly relevant to students' lives, helping them to see the impact politics and policy has on them. Topics include violence against women on campus, the national alcohol policy, and student loans.

• “Analyzing Visuals” Building on the popular Analyzing the Data feature from the last edition, this new feature examines a greater variety of images–including news photographs, tables, bar graphs, line graphs, and maps. Using introductory captions, pointers, critical thinking questions, and a primer that appears in the front of the text, students are given the tools they need to analyze and interpret the visual information they'll encounter as both students and citizens of the United States in the 21st century.

• Revised“Continuity and Change” sections at the end of each chapter discuss the evolution of a particular aspect of American government and then ask students to critically consider where the topic is heading–another excellent springboard for class discussion. Many of these sections have been revised to examine new topics of even greater relevance to students.

• NEW! TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE– MyPoliSciLab for American Government with LongmanParticipate.com (3.0) inside! MyPoliSciLab is a state of the art, interactive and instructive online solution for your course, offered within a course management system. Available in CourseCompass, Blackboard, and Web CT, MyPoliSciLab offers students a wealth of stimulations, interactive exercises, and assessment tools–all integrated with the on-line e-book. For each chapter of the text, students will navigate through a pre-test, post-test, chapter review, and a full chapter exam, all linked to the on-line e-book, so they can assess, review, and improve their understanding of the concepts within the chapters. In addition to the online chapter content and assessment, students will have access to LongmanParticipate.com (updated 3.0 version), our well-known and well loved interactive online tool. Students will find a wealth of simulations, interactive timelines, comparative exercises, and case studies all updated with the most current examples and data. The new 3.0 version of LongmanParticipate.com includes more than twelve new simulations including: “You are President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis,” “You are the head of the FDA,” and “You are a federal judge.”FREE when packaged with this text.
• LongmanParticipate.com (3.0) website alone also available.

Table of Contents

I. FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNMENT.

II. INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT.

III. POLITICAL BEHAVIOR.

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• Essentials of American Government: Roots and Reform, 2009 Edition, 9/E
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  ©2009  |  Pearson  |  Paper; 528 pp  |  Instock
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  Guided by the belief that students must first understand the origins of American government to fully understand the issues facing the United States today, this market-leading text offers the strongest coverage of both history and current events of any college textbook devoted to American politics.  

   

  From hallmark features like “The Living Constitution” to new features like the illustrated historical timelines, Essentials of American Government: Continuity and Change provides the historical context students need to understand our government and the most crucial and controversial issues affecting the nation in the 21st century.  This Essentials edition includes the coverage found in the comprehensive version of the text but in a condensed format. 

   

  This bestselling book has been extensively revised to provide in-depth coverage of the 2008 presidential and congressional elections, President George W. Bush’s second administration and the 110^th Congress, continued controversies related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism, and domestic concerns related to rising gas and food prices and the subprime mortgage crisis.

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• Essentials of American Government: Roots and Reform, 2011 Edition, 10/E
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  ©2011  |  Pearson  |  Paper; 528 pp  |  Instock
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  Guided by the belief that students must first understand the origins of American government to fully understand the issues facing the United States today, this market-leading text offers the strongest coverage of both history and current events of any college textbook devoted to American politics.  

   

  From hallmark features like “The Living Constitution” to newer features like the illustrated historical timelines, American Government: Roots and Reform provides the historical context students need to understand our government and the most crucial and controversial issues affecting the nation in the 21st century.

   

  This bestselling book has been extensively revised to provide in-depth coverage of President Barack Obama’s first two years in office and the 111^th Congress, the 2010 congressional elections, continued concerns related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and domestic concerns related to health care reform and the economy.

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Companion Website with Online Practice Tests, 6/E
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©2004  |  Pearson  |  On-line Supplement; 0 pp  |  Live
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