Understanding American Government

By:

Weissberg, Robert

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York; Holt rinehort and winston; 1981Description: 762 pISBN:

30580382

Subject(s):

United States - Politics and Government

DDC classification:

320.4 WEI

Summary: UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN GOVERNMENT is a comprehensive book de- signed for the introduction to American government course offered at most colleges and universities. Like many other books of this type, it covers in detail the standard features of U.S. politicsthe Constitution, federalism, political parties, Congress, the courts, and all the other tradi- tional “core” topics. In addition, several subjects usually given only scant attention in most texts - the biases of our electoral system and power in private organizations, to name but two- are given greater em- phasis. I believe, however, that Understanding American Government is not merely another traditional introductory text, albeit with some new sub- ject matter. Underlying this book is a set of beliefs about how politics ought to be approached, as well as several techniques designed to help students grasp sometimes complex material. Four major beliefs or as- sumptions guided the writing of this book:

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UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN GOVERNMENT is a comprehensive book de-
signed for the introduction to American government course offered at
most colleges and universities. Like many other books of this type, it
covers in detail the standard features of U.S. politicsthe Constitution,
federalism, political parties, Congress, the courts, and all the other tradi-
tional “core” topics. In addition, several subjects usually given only
scant attention in most texts - the biases of our electoral system and
power in private organizations, to name but two- are given greater em-
phasis.
I believe, however, that Understanding American Government is not
merely another traditional introductory text, albeit with some new sub-
ject matter. Underlying this book is a set of beliefs about how politics
ought to be approached, as well as several techniques designed to help
students grasp sometimes complex material. Four major beliefs or as-
sumptions guided the writing of this book:

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