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Cover of Essentials of American Government

Perfect for instructors who want to use the Internet in their American government course, this is a web/text hybrid that uses the power of the Internet to instruct and engage today's students.

The FlexChoice Edition consists of two components: a streamlined, spiral-bound text that lies flat so students can use with ease at a computer, and a robust website that contains a multitude of highly interactive, in-depth exercises, interactive maps and graphics, quizzes and surveys, videos, web links, and more. Icons in the text refer students to specific exercises and assets on the book's password-protected website that they can engage in to learn more about the topic being discussed in the text. The icons tie the text and website together so that they form one, powerful, cohesive system. Offering the best of O'Connor & Sabato's highly esteemed textbook and the best exercises and resources for American government on the Web, this FlexChoice Edition will get today's students engaged in the study of our political system.

Cover of Living Democracy, Texas Edition

For undergraduate courses in American Government.

This is the book that gets students to participate.

Living Democracy gets students to participate in learning, in the classroom, and in change. The book's young and energetic author team cares deeply about student learning and student engagement. Lead author Dan Shea founded the Center for Political Participation and his experiences working with students in the classroom and in the center inspired him to team up with co-authors Joanne Connor Green (Texas Christian University) and Christopher E. Smith (Michigan State) to write an American Government text that truly inspires students and helps them experience the impact of government in their daily lives. Everything about the book-the writing, design, examples, photos, activities, and every page of the text-is designed to get students to participate in their class and in American politics.

In a recent survey of American Government courses, 80% of instructors named student apathy-about the course material, about politics, about the prospect that government can do anything to enrich their lives-as the number one problem in their course. Written with the belief that introductory courses in American Government are critically important for our students-as well as for the long-term stability of the democratic process-Living Democracy is designed to help students draw connections between topics and to find a role for themselves in politics and government. The text's innovative approach to American government presents the dynamic nature of our country's democratic process more accurately than any other book currently on the market, while offering all of the material found in a comprehensive, traditionally organized government text within an active framework.

Cover of Government and Politics in the Lone Star State

For one semester courses in Texas Politics/Government.

Written to be readable and accessible, Politics and Government in the Lone Star State takes both a journalistic and political science approach. This text concentrates on the changes in demographic, political, economic, and social milieu that contribute to the configuration of contemporary Texas politics. Using theory, research of other scholars, observation, anecdotes, and humor, the authors examine the nuances of change in mass political behavior and decisions of political actors at the state and local levels.

Cover of Politics in America, Texas Edition

Updated in a new 9th edition, Politics in America provides straightforward, descriptive coverage of American politics and government. Using the Harold Lasswell definition of politics Tom Dye employs this classic, and still resonant, interpretation as the lens through which he examines the foundations, institutions, behaviors, and policies of the American political system.

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Cover of Government and Politics in the Lone Star State with Mypoliscilab Access Code

Cover of American Government: Election Edition

Cover of American Government: Election with Mypoliscilab Access Code

Cover of Essentials of American Government with Student Access Code, 2012 Election Edition