Product Description: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: HISTORICAL, POPULAR, AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, Second edition offers a uniquely current and comprehensive introduction to American government and politics explored through three perspectives--the historical, popular, and global.

Product Description: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: HISTORICAL, POPULAR, AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, Second edition, NO SEPARATE POLICY CHAPTERS VERSION offers a uniquely current and comprehensive introduction to American government and politics explored through three perspectives--the historical, popular, and global...read more

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Product Description: With complete Election 2008 updates and analysis, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: HISTORICAL, POPULAR, AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, TEXAS EDITION, offers a uniquely current and comprehensive introduction to American government and politics, as well as several chapters devoted entirely to Texas politics...read more

Product Description: Brief and affordable, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: HISTORICAL, POPULAR, & GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, ELECTION UPDATE, Alternate Edition, covers American government as influenced by public opinion and national and global events. Presenting concepts through historical, popular, and global perspectives that will enhance your appreciation for the political process and help you better understand your power in the political process; AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: HISTORICAL, POPULAR, & GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, ELECTION UPDATE, helps you master course concepts through its easy-to-understand style and vivid graphs, maps, and photographs...read more

Product Description: Findings from the high-profile John S. and James L. Knight Foundation-sponsored surveys of over 100,000 high school students in 2004 and 2006 provided a wake-up call to those interested in preserving the future of free expression rights in America...read more

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Product Description: It is often noted that the public is frustrated with the news media. But what do American voters really think about how the media present political information? While studies have examined how the news shapes opinions as well as what people respond to and remember, this is the first book to provide and in-depth analysis of how voters use and evaluate the news media in political elections and the impact these trends have on their use of the news...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)