We the People: A Concise Introduction to American Politics (6th Edition)

By: Thomas E. Patterson

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Synopsis: Patterson (government and the press, Harvard U.) introduces undergraduates to everything from the core values of governance to the subtleties of media interpretation. Updating his text to reflect significant events, Patterson delineates American political and media culture for first-timers through examples, readings, and descriptions of such topics as political power as control of policy, the rise of self-government, federalism today, civil liberties and the individual, civil tights and fairness, expressing popular will, issues v. candidates, communicating political images, the workings of congress and the presidency, the judicial arm, and what happens to the environment, education, and defense when government gets hold of them. Love it or not, at least now you will understand it.