Keeping the Republic, 4th edition Essentials + Clued in to Politics, 3rd edition + CQ Press's Guide to the 2010 Midterm Elections Supplement package

Not covering the policy chapters? Then order the Essentials Edition (excludes chapters 16?19) with its free supplement analyzing the midterm elections. Coming in July, this valuable supplement will provide an insider?s guide to the 2010 midterm elections. When placing your order, be sure to use the ISBN on this page to ensure that your students receive the supplement packaged FREE with their textbook. Keeping the Republic, The Essentials, 4th Edition The 2008 election will go down in the history books for a number of reasons, including the first African American at the top of a national party ticket, the longest nomination fight in recent memory, and a viable female candidate for president for the first time ever, but one of its most striking hallmarks is the early and enthusiastic involvement of young voters. While the passion they bring is encouraging, the key to their lasting impact will be the extent to which they really understand the functioning of the American political system, leading to a deeper and more abiding engagement. By using the themes of power and citizenship, Barbour and Wright encourage students to analyze ?who gets what and how? and evaluate how well the political system is working. In order to ?keep the republic,? students need to shoulder responsibilities as well as exercise their rights. In order to see where politics intersects their own roles as citizens, they need to absorb the ideas and theories that animate the study of political science and think critically about them. And in order to keep students reading, the prose needs to be clear, friendly, and relevant. The key to this new fourth edition is thorough updating? including the 2008 elections?and the integration of subtle enhancements every class-tested, well-reviewed, and well developed book should offer. In addition to examining recent events and scholarship, more than half the photos are new, the figures and tables reflect current data, and new vignettes open a majority of chapters. The themes of power and citizenship are touched on in every chapter, with each pedagogical feature extending the analytic and evaluative work of the text: Who, What, How, and WHEN. These stunning visual and rich textual timelines track change and show the impact of key issues in American political history, such as immigration, third parties, whistleblowers, and developments in the media and in federal-state relations. What?s at Stake? Chapter-opening vignettes vividly show what people are struggling to get from politics and how the rules affect who gets it. Acting as a bookend to the chapter, What?s at Stake Revisited reexamines the story to further evaluate who wins and who loses...