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This revision of The American Democracy includes the many remarkable political developments of the past two years, ranging from the 2012 presidential election to the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq to the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement. It provides students with the tools and context to... More

A concise approach to American Government emphasizing critical thinking through relevant examples that appeal to today’s students. This program provides opportunities to engage with the political process through tools that help students learn how to think about politics, utilizing digital resources ... More

From the award-winning author ofOut of Order—named the best political science book of the last decade by the American Political Science Association—comes this landmark book about why Americans don’t vote. Based on more than 80,000 interviews,The Vanishing Voterinvestigates why—despite a better edu... More

Why are our politicians almost universally perceived as liars? What made candidate Bill Clinton's draft record more newsworthy than his policy statements? How did George Bush's masculinity, Ronald Reagan's theatrics with a microphone, and Walter Mondale's appropriation of a Wendy's hamburger ad make... More

As the journalist Walter Lippmann noted nearly a century ago, democracy falters "if there is no steady supply of trustworthy and relevant news." Today's journalists are not providing it. Too often, reporters give equal weight to facts and biased opinion, stir up small controversies, and substitute i... More

This book captures our vivid world and changing nature of American politics. Its concise approach, exciting interactives and happening narrative, promotes the presentation of applicable and relatable examples challenging readers to think critically and construct meaning based on their experiences al... More

Patterson (government and the press, Harvard U.) introduces undergraduates to everything from the core values of governance to the subtleties of media interpretation. Updating his text to reflect significant events, Patterson delineates American political and media culture for first-timers through e... More

This student study guide is written to accompany the political science text book 'We the People', Fifth Edition, by Thomas E. Patterson. It is designed to assist the student get the most benefit from the Patterson text and the American government course. This comprehensive book provides a lively nar... More

The second edition of The Jepson Manual thoroughly updates this acclaimed work, the single most comprehensive resource on California's amazingly diverse flora. This work integrates the latest science, the results of intensive fieldwork, institutional collaboration, and the efforts of hundreds of con... More

The world of climate politics is increasingly no longer confined to the activities of national governments and international negotiations. Critical to this transformation of the politics of climate change has been the emergence of new forms of transnational governance that cut across traditional st... More