We the people : an introduction to American politics / Benjamin Ginsberg, Theordore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir, Caroline J. Tolbert, Robert J. Spitzer.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393921106 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0393921107 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xxvii, 451, 122 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
- Edition: 9th essentials ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Foundations. Introduction: the citizen and government -- The founding and the constitution -- Federalism -- Civil liberties and civil rights -- Part II. Politics. Public opinion -- The media -- Political parties, participation, and elections -- Interest groups -- Part III. Institutions. Congress -- The presidency -- Bureaucracy -- The federal courts -- Part IV. Policy. Domestic policy -- Foreign policy. |
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Subject: | United States > Politics and government. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | JK 276 .G56 2013 | 30775305488547 | General Collection | Available | - |
Author Notes
We the People : An Introduction to American Politics
Theodore Jay Lowi was born in Gadsden, Alabama on July 9, 1931. He received a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and a master's degree and a doctorate in political science from Yale University. He taught at Cornell University from 1959 to 1965, returned in 1972 and remained the John L. Senior professor of American institutions until he was granted emeritus status in 2015. He was a political scientist who wrote numerous books including The End of Liberalism: The Second Republic of the United States, The Politics of Disorder, American Government: Incomplete Conquest, The Personal President, and Hyperpolitics: An Interactive Dictionary of Political Science written with Mauro Calise. He also edited The Pursuit of Justice by Robert F. Kennedy. He died on February 17, 2017 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography)