Essentials of American Politics

by Robert J. Spitzer, Theodore J. Lowi, Benjamin Ginsberg

Based on We the People, Fifth Edition, and including chapters on governmental policy, this concise text provides thorough, current coverage of core concepts while highlighting the impact of politics... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393926737
• ISBN13: 9780393926736
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

That Rare Thing: an Excellent Textbook

Excellent textbooks are rare. This one fits the bill: clear, concise, relatively complete, even-handed, insightful, and up-to-date. Here's a passage to illustrate the kind of thing you get: "Interest groups are sometimes confused with PACs. PACs are interest groups that focus on influencing elections rather than trying to influence the elected. Interest groups are also different from political parties: Interest groups concern themselves with the policies of government; parties concern themselves with the personnel of government." To be sure, the book is pitched at a relatively elementary level, but it includes excellent references to current scholarship for those who wish further reading. I recommend this book.