American Politics Today - Essentials (3rd Ed)

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AMERICAN POLITICS TODAY ESSENTIAL THIRD EDITION William T. Bianco and David T. Canon ...

i American Politics Today THIRD ESSENTIALS EDITION ...

WASHINGTON (12) OREGON (7) NEVADA (6) CALIFORNIA (55) ARIZONA (11) UTAH (6) COLORADO (9) IDAHO (4) MONTANA (3) WYOMING (3) NORTH ...

AKOTA MINNESOTA (10) AKOTA IOWA ASKA (6) ) ANSAS (6) WISCONSIN (10) MICHIGAN (16) INDIANA ILLINOIS(20) (11) MISSOURI (10) KENTUC ...

3e William T. Bianco INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON David T. Canon UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON n W. W. NORTON & COMPAN ...

American Politics Today ESSENTIALS EDITION ...

W. W. Nor t on & C omp a n y has been independent since its founding in 1923, when William Warder Norton and Mary D. Herter ...

For our families, Regina, Anna, and Catherine, Sarah, Neal, Katherine, and Sophia, who encouraged, empathized, and helped, with ...

viii ABOUT THE AUTHORS William T. Bianco is professor of political sci- ence at Indiana Univer- sity, Bloomington, and Co-Chair ...

ix Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxv PART I: FOUNDATIONS Understanding American Politics 2 The Constitution and the Founding 22 F ...

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UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN POLITICS PART I: FOUNDATIONS Making Sense of American Government and Politics Why Do We Have a Gover ...