Streamlined to fit easily in today’s US politics courses, the third edition is fully updated and revised to engage with key issues in American politics while providing an accessible entry to the foundations of American government that detangles the polarized analysis characterizing so much information on the study of American politics. New chapters on special interest groups and the distinct American mediascape feature alongside up-to-date analysis on civil rights and inequalities incorporated in all chapters. Ultimately, this textbook enables non-American readers to understand the how and why of American politics by relating the subject to the experience and institutions of their own countries.
Stephen Brooks is a professor of political science at the University of Windsor.
Donald E. Abelson is an academic director at the Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement and a professor of political science at McMaster University.
Melissa Haussman is a professor of political science at Carleton University.