American Politics Today - Essentials (3rd Ed)

xix Case Study: The 2008–09 Economic Crisis 445 Social Policy 448 History and Context of Social Policy 448 Social Policy Today 4 ...

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xxi T his book is based on three simple premises: politics is confl ictual, politi- cal process matters, and politics is everywh ...

xxii the debt ceiling crisis of 2011, the hotly contested presidential election in 2012, and the intense debates in Congress ove ...

xxiii came from, how the individual might evaluate diff erent options, and why one choice might look better than the others. Vot ...

xxiv THE BOOK’S “THREE KEY IDEAS”—politics is confl ic- tual, political process matters, and politics is everywhere— are fully i ...

xxv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This edition of American Politics Today is again dedicated to our families. Our wives, Regina and Sarah, hav ...

xxvi FIRST EDITION REVIEWERS Dave Adler, Idaho State University Rick Almeida, Francis Marion University Jim Bailey, Arkansas Sta ...

xxvii David Nice, Washington State University Tim Nokken, Texas Tech University Stephen Nuño, Northern Arizona University Richar ...

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3 PRESIDENT OBAMA CAME INTO confl ict with the Republican majority in the House of Representatives over many issues, including t ...

4 CHAPTER 1|UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN POLITICS Ultimately, a deal was reached that raised the debt limit, implemented cuts in fed ...

MAKING SENSE OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS| 5 Making Sense of American Government and Politics The premise of this book i ...

6 CHAPTER 1|UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN POLITICS accomplish this important duty by providing the analytical skills necessary to mak ...

WHY DO WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT?| 7 protection (by the Army and Navy at the time of the Founding; it now also includes the Marines, ...

8 CHAPTER 1|UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN POLITICS by Congress; Congress can impeach the president; and the Supreme Court has the pow ...

WHAT IS POLITICS?| 9 All of these government roles are signifi cant, in that they aff ect the lives of many Americans. They are ...

10 CHAPTER 1|UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN POLITICS controversial subjects, many people simply avoid them. Indeed, since the 1950s po ...