Keeping the Republic; Power and Citizenship in American Politics 6edbrief

by Christine Barbour, Gerald Wright, Gerald C. Wright

Book Overview

Keeping the Republic, Eleventh Edition gives readers the power to examine the narrative of what′s going on in American politics, distinguish fact from fiction and balance from bias, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483352897
• ISBN13: 9781483352893
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 514 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Never even got the book

I ordered this because I need it for class, I never received it because it said I had an incorrect address. On the order form it says 871 but on the post offices tracking it says the correct 817.

GREAT!!

The book was in wonderful condition, and was shipped to my house in about a two weeks. Great timing right before school started! Thanks so much!

impressed

The book arrived on time and met the description as far as condition of the book. No complaints!

It's is as good as politics can get

Not everything within the book is completely accurate it does have a biased opinion based on the authors own opinions, but hey it is a book about politics and I needed it for school.

comprehensive explanation of the American system

As a textbook for political science students, the authors offer engaging reading. Explaining from scratch the American political system. With an understandable emphasis on the federal level of government. Naturally, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are prominently discussed. But so too is the federal bureaucracy. In fact, an entire chapter is devoted to the latter. Constitutional and legal purists might decry this. But the intricacies of the federal government are a fact of life, with some 3 million civilian employees [excluding the armed forces]. And the chapter goes someways towards deciphering this apparatus. Public opinion and ways in which it might be influenced [or manipulated, depending on your viewpoint], also gets a chapter. Related to this is another chapter on interest groups. If you are going to read either chapter, you would do well to also read the other. The description of the political parties seems quite even handed. A dispassionate analysis of their main themes and supporters. Along with a historical context of how both parties changed. Naturally, terrorism and the post 2001 events get considerable play. Here, the book is on somewhat weaker ground. Simply because the very timeliness of events means that it is hard for any text to keep up.