Member of: U.S. American National Federal Government (POS 2041)
Contributors: Haberman, Mary S.
Description: Welcome to Political Science 202: American Government. I hope you will find this course useful. The curriculum here may be used as is, in part or in whole, for teaching a college level American Government class. The layout and assignments are designed for an online course, but it could be easily adapted for a face to face course as long as students have access to the online resources. Please… more
Description: American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged… more
Member of: U.S. American National Federal Government (POS 2041)
Contributors: Krutz, Glen, Waskiewicz, Sylvie
Description: American Government is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester American government course. This title includes innovative features designed to enhance student learning, including Insider Perspective features and a Get Connected Module that shows students how they can get engaged in the political process. The book provides an important opportunity for students… more
Member of: U.S. American National Federal Government (POS 2041)
Contributors: , Multiple Authors
Description: The scope and emphasis of this course go beyond a general understanding of civics to incorporate the core concepts of the American system of government, the workings of its myriad of actors and agencies, the key components of "politics" in the American system, and how American government shapes and influences the individual freedoms and rights of its citizens.
In the first unit, you… more
Member of: U.S. American National Federal Government (POS 2041)
Contributors: , Multiple Authors
Description: This text is a comprehensive introduction to the vital subject of American government and politics. Governments decide who gets what, when, how (See Harold D. Lasswell, Politics: Who Gets What, When, How, [New York: McGraw-Hill, 1936]); they make policies and pass laws that are binding on all a society's members; they decide about taxation and spending, benefits and costs, even life and… more
Member of: U.S. American National Federal Government (POS 2041)
Contributors: Brooks, Tina M., Steenken, Beau
Description: At its most basic definition the practice of law comprises conducting research to find relevant rules of law and then applying those rules to the specific set of circumstances faced by a client. However, in American law, the legal rules to be applied derive from myriad sources, complicating the process and making legal research different from other sorts of research. This text introduces first-… more