THE ENDURING DEMOCRACY offers a current and comprehensive introduction to American government and politics, explored through an historical lens, that illuminates the book's major theme: "The more things change, the more they stay the same." The book helps readers understand that debates and events being played out in American politics today have occurred before in different forms-and that our government endures.
This is my textbook for my National Government class. The material was somewhat interesting, but far too focused on the political aspect of the American governmental system - and not nearly as focused on how the governmental process was put together. If this were not my textbook for a class - I sincerely doubt I would have picked it up for any sort of casual reading.