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Cover of This Land Is Your Land: Introduction to American Government and Politics v1.1
Published: 
February 2021
Page Count: 
478
ISBN (Digital): 
978-1-4533-3793-6

This Land Is Your Land: Introduction to American Government and Politics

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Key Features

  • Written with a bottom-up or "individual-up" view of the American political system.
  • Presents overall legal framework of the American political system, followed by the fundamental elements of the Constitution.
  • Includes chapters on political parties, interest groups, and the media to illuminate how these institutions connect citizens and their representatives and make civic participation cost effective.
  • Includes chapters on domestic and foreign policy to provide insight into how the government accomplishes its goals at home and abroad.
  • End-of-chapter summaries review main points, encourage critical reflection, and challenge readers to imagine how the American political system could become more democratic.

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This Land is Your Land: Introduction to American Government and Politics is suitable for United States government and politics or American government and politics courses at the undergraduate level at two- and four-year colleges and universities.

This Land Is Your Land: Introduction to American Government and Politics seeks to engage a wide variety of students. It serves as an accessible and comprehensive assessment of the American political system, written to help students understand and participate effectively in democratic governance. With a focus on critical analysis and practical guidance, the text explores issues through both historic and institutional contexts. It encourages readers to explore and better understand different levels of active citizenship so they may choose the path that is right for themselves. This text covers the full range of topics included in introductory and survey courses on American government and politics.

New in This Version

Version 1.1 includes updates to the Introduction, Public Opinion, Citizen Participation and Voting, Parties, Congress and Presidency chapters, including new names, dates, examples, and data on attitudes and voting patterns related to race, ethnicity, gender, relation and party affiliation. A new 2,500-word introduction to the Presidency chapter summarizes the political context of the 2020 election including the Mueller investigation; the first impeachment of the President and his acquittal by the US Senate; the COVID-19 pandemic, the shootings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the Black Lives Matter social protest movement; the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett; the results of and legal challenges to the 2020 presidential election; and its legal challenges. The chapter on Congress is updated to include the results of the Senate run-off elections in Georgia and the future of the US Congress. Additional updates include coverage of the January 6th, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Congressional confirmation of the elections of President Biden and Vice President Harris, and their subsequent inaugurations.

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