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Introduction to American Government

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Introduction to American Government

Tenth Edition   Turner, et al., © 2020, 581 pages

Introduction to American Government provides students with a comprehensive, readable, and balanced study of the context, structure, and process of American politics. The text highlights the importance of economics and ideology in the context of American government.

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2021 Addendum
The goal of this supplement is to provide users of the tenth edition of Introduction to American Government with some of the context and reminders of the changes that have taken place in the past two years, since that edition went to press. The supplemental material covers America’s response to COVID-19, the handling of wildfires and subsequent disaster relief, racial injustice and police reform, results of the 2020 elections, and other meaningful events that have transpired in the past two years.
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About the Authors

Charles Turner person
Charles C. Turner is a professor of political science at California State University, Chico. His PhD is from Claremont Graduate University. He has taught at Chico State since 2000 and has served as department chair and as president of the Chico chapter of the California Faculty Association. Turner’s published research focuses on the political behavior of Congress and the Supreme Court, as well as on the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Robert Bresler person
Robert J. Bresler received his AB degree from Earlham College and his PhD from Princeton University. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, the University of Delaware, and Penn State University–Harrisburg, where he completed a thirty-two-year career. During his time at Penn State, Professor Bresler served for some years as the director of the School of Public Affairs. He has been a visiting professor at the U.S. Army War College and the Franklin & Marshall College and a Senior Fulbright Fellow at the National University of Singapore. He was the recipient of the James A. Jordan Award for Teaching Excellence and the Outstanding Civilian Award from the Department of the Army. Professor Bresler is the National Affairs Editor of USA Today: The Magazine of the American Scene, where he writes a regular column on American politics. His books include Us vs. Them: American Political and Cultural Conflict from WWII to Watergate and Freedom of Association: Civil Rights and Liberties Under the Law. His articles have appeared in Political Science Quarterly, Politics and Society, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Commonweal, Inquiry, The Nation, Intellect, and Telos.
Robert Friedrich person
Robert J. Friedrich is an associate professor in the Department of Government at Franklin & Marshall College, where he teaches courses in American government, public opinion and mass political behavior, political ideology, and research methods. His research interests are in electoral politics and electoral institutions, particularly the relationship between seats and votes in legislative elections, and in political values and ideology. He has reviewed manuscripts for the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics, for which he also served on the editorial board. Dr. Friedrich received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado and his master’s and doctor of philosophy degrees from the University ofMichigan.
Joseph Karlesky person
Joseph J. Karlesky is the Honorable and Mrs. John C. Kunkel Professor of Government. He received his Bachelor’s degree from La Salle College and his PhD in public law and government from Columbia University. He is co-author of The State of Academic Science: The Universities in the Nation’s Research Effort and of American Government, an American government textbook. He has also authored the monograph “Thinking About Environmental Policy.” He has been a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, and has served as a consultant for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on home rule for municipalities and on academic science policy for the state of Montana. He has served as associate dean for academic affairs at Franklin & Marshall and as codirector of the University of Pennsylvania Master of Governmental Administration Program in Harrisburg. His teaching and research interests focus on public policy, particularly the interrelationships between public policy and science and technology and the consequences of these interrelationships for policies in energy and health. He is currently doing research on decision-making models and dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel. He regularly teaches courses in American government, understanding public policy, public policy implementation, and a seminar on health policy.
D. Grier Stephenson Jr. person
Donald Grier Stephenson Jr. is a Charles A. Dana Professor of Government at Franklin & Marshall College. He is general editor of ABC-CLIO’s America’s Freedoms Series, author of Campaigns and the Court: The U.S. Supreme Court in Presidential Elections, and co-author of American Constitutional Law, 15thedition.

Description

The need persists for widespread mastery of the political system John Quincy Adams once described as “the most complicated on the face of the globe.” How do we make sense of all these ups and downs of economics, ideology, and politics? We think the best approach is to take seriously our understanding of the political system in which all of these events take place. To that end, we offer today’s students a comprehensive, readable, and balanced study of the context, structure, and process of American politics.

A distinguishing feature of this book is the explicit recognition that economics and ideology significantly influence American politics. No student or instructor in a course on American government is immune to the ideological and economic forces that help shape the perennial pursuit of power in a democracy.

This text highlights, in several ways, the importance of economics and ideology in the context of American government. Students see how economic decisions have political consequences and how political decisions affect the economy. This is essential information in a day when economic topics frequently dominate electoral campaigns, television and Internet news, and conversation both at the dinner table and via social media.

New to the Tenth Edition
American politics is a constantly changing montage of people and events, of facts and opinions. To keep up with our changing environment, and to make sure students have the most up-to-date information available, each new edition of Introduction to American Government undergoes a vigorous process of fact-checking and updating. In this edition, for example, readers will find revised weblinks and readings for further study; more critical thinking questions; and discussions of the latest events in American government, such as the 2018 midterm elections, immigration reform, gun policies, the Trump presidency, and important Supreme Court decisions on voter registration and the right to privacy. In addition, each chapter contains important new material and the most current available facts and figures.

Pedagogical Features
To aid in learning, this textbook incorporates several serviceable pedagogical features:
  • Politics and Ideas: These boxes, appearing throughout the text, explore ideological topics in depth. They demonstrate how ideological divisions generate different political consequences.
  • Politics and Economics: These boxes, appearing throughout the text, highlight special economics topics, illustrating the relationship between economics and politics.
  • Political Controversies: These boxes are present in several chapters to illustrate how the subject matter covered in the chapter carries over into disputes that divide the nation.


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