American Government Texas Edition Textbook
Description Understand American politics from past to present. This version of American Government, 2012 Election Edition includes all thirteen chapters from Gibson/Robison’s Government and Politics in the Lone Star State, 8/e at a lower price point than the two books packaged together. It is available only through the Pearson Custom Library (PCL). To order, click here. PCL allows customers to create customized textbooks, giving students a more engaging and affordable education. Customers also have the option of purchasing the full text without customization in the Pearson Custom Library.
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Additional time is required for outside content and/or packaging with other components. “This is the standard which I judge other texts against. O’Connor still is the text to beat.”–Richard Johnson, Oklahoma City University “By relying on multiple and complementary pedagogical approaches, American Government fosters student interest in this complex subject matter, strengthens critical thinking, and contributes to a sense of civic engagement.”–Tony Wohlers, Cameron University “O’Connor is well-written and thoroughly updated. It is comprehensive and emphasizes the development of American government and politics. The text itself is assiduously unbiased and fair. Although it points out shortcomings in our political system, it does so in a context depicting American government and politics in a positive light.” – Richard Himelfarb, Hofstra University. MyPoliSciLab Video Series–The MyPoliSciLab Video Series features Pearson authors and top scholars discussing the big ideas in each chapter and applying them to enduring political issues.
Each chapter is supported six videos that help students work through the material and retain its key lessons. Infographics in the text alert students to a video on MyPoliSciLab. IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING. Qualitative literacy–A focus on qualitative literacy helps students analyze, interpret, synthesize, and apply visual information–skills that are essential in today’s world. We receive information from the written and spoken word, but knowledge also comes in visual forms. We are used to thinking about reading text critically, but we do not always think about “reading” visuals in this way.
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A focus on qualitative literacy encourages students to think about the images and informational graphics they will encounter throughout this text, as well as those they see every day in the newspaper, in magazines, on the Web, on television, and in books. Critical thinking questions assist students in learning how to analyze visuals. Tables–Tables consist of textual information and/or numerical data arranged in tabular form in columns and rows. Tables are frequently used when exact information is required and when orderly arrangement is necessary to locate and, in many cases, to compare the information. All tables in this edition include questions and encourage critical thinking. Charts and graphs–Charts and graphs depict numerical data in visual forms.
Examples that students will encounter throughout this text are line graphs, pie charts, and bar graphs. Line graphs show a progression, usually over time (as in how the U.S. Population has grown over time). Pie charts (such as ones showing population demographics) demonstrate how a whole (total American population) is divided into its parts (different racial and ethnic groups). Bar graphs compare values across categories, showing how proportions are related to each other (as in how much money each party raised in presidential election years). Bar graphs can present data either horizontally or vertically. All charts and graphs in this edition are based on questions that encourage critical thinking.
Political cartoons–Some of the most interesting commentary on American politics takes place in the form of political cartoons. The cartoonist’s goal is to comment on and/or criticize political figures, policies, or events. The cartoonist uses several techniques to accomplish this goal, including exaggeration, irony, and juxtaposition. For example, the cartoonist may point out how the results of governmental policies are the opposite of their intended effects (irony). In other cartoons, two people, ideas, or events that don’t belong together may be joined to make a point (juxtaposition). Knowledge of current events is helpful in interpreting political cartoons.
Marginal Glossary– Every chapter includes a marginal glossary to support students’ understanding of new and important concepts at first encounter. For easy reference, key terms from the marginal glossary are repeated at the end of each chapter and in the end-of-book glossary. “On MyPoliSciLab”–In every chapter, On MyPoliSciLab helps students review what they just read. In addition to a chapter summary, key term list, short quiz, and further reading list, there are reminders to use the chapter audio, practice tests, and flashcards on MyPoliSciLab. Explorer– Explorer is a hands-on way to develop quantitative literacy and to move students beyond punditry and opinion. In the book, infographics introduce key questions about politics. On MyPoliSciLab, guided exercises ask students to read the data related to the questions and then find connections among the data to answer the questions.
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Explorer includes data from the United States Census, General Social Survey, Statistical Abstract of the United States, Gallup, American National Election Studies, and Election Data Services with more data being regularly added. ANALYZE CURRENT EVENTS. About the Author(s) Karen O’Connor is the Jonathan N. Helfat Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Founder and Director Emerita of the Women & Politics Institute at American University. Before coming to American University, Karen taught political science for seventeen years at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where she was the first woman to receive the university’s highest teaching award.
She has been recognized by several associations as the most outstanding woman in political science and public administration as well as by the Southern Political Science Association for her contributions to the discipline. From 2010-2012, she has been selected by The Irish Times as one of the top 100 Irish American lawyers in the United States.
Dubbed “the most quoted college professor in the land” by the Wall Street Journal, Larry J. Sabato bridges the gap between the ivory tower and the real world of politics. A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Sabato has taught more than 15,000 students in his career at Oxford University, Cambridge University, and the University of Virginia. He has received every major teaching award at the University of Virginia, and in 2001, he was named the Thomas Jefferson Award winner. Sabato is the University Professor of Politics and director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, founded in 1998 to improve civic education and the political process.
Follow Larry’s Crystal Ball at www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball. Yanus is Assistant Professor of Political Science at High Point University, where she teaches courses in Enduring Questions in Political Science, American Government, and Research Methods. She holds a B.A.
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In Political Science (summa cum laude) from American University and a M.A. In Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her scholarly research has appeared in peer-reviewed venues including Justice System Journal and Politics and Gender and in book chapters published by Oxford University Press, CQ Press, and Sage.