American Government and Politics Today, 2005-2006 (with PoliPrep)

by Steffen W. Schmidt, Barbara A. Bardes, Mack C. Shelley II

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY helps students experience the excitement that comes from active, informed citizenship. Schmidt, Shelley, and Bardes' landmark text is renowned nationwide for its balanced, unbiased, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of constitutional, governmental, political, social, and economic structures and processes. The overriding theme of the book is the importance of informed active citizenship, and the pedagogy underscores this theme by soliciting critical thinking about political issues and encouraging students to become involved the political process. With keen awareness of its audience, American Government and Politics Today incorporates current examples, the Internet, and other media to stimulate learning and excitement about American government. This truly interactive text gives students more than reading material; it gives them tools to become good citizens.

Genres: Textbooks, Politics, Political Science

704 pages, Hardcover

First published October 28, 1989

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

A college-level civics text that explores how American government - local, state, and national - works in theory and practice.

[Coriander · Rating 1 out of 5]

Would not recommend.

[Jason · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok, not as bad as some textbooks.

[haley turner · Rating 2 out of 5]

*2.5 stars
The textbook had a lot of information on each page that felt irrelevant to the central topics of each chapter. I generally enjoy reading textbooks but I didn't much like this one.