America's New Democracy (Penguin Academic Series) (3rd Edition) (Penguin Academics)
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25% less expensive than other brief texts, and 20% shorter than the previous edition, this book is an excellent option for professors who want to use supplementary texts, readings, or periodicals. Written in a strong narrative voice and brimming with student-relevant examples, the second edition of America’s New Democracy provides a focused and stimulating treatment of politics in the United States. Illustrating popular influence across the political system in defense of a central theme–that elections matter more in America’s political system today than they have in the past or do in other democracies–the book challenges the pessimistic view that government seldom listens to ordinary people. America’s New Democracy encourages readers to see that in a system where votes are the main currency, both power and responsibility rest on the shoulders of all citizens.
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Fiorina, Morris; Peterson, Paul and Voss, D. Stephen, The New American Democracy, Penguin Academic Series, First Edition*\ This s groundbreaking American government book, which emphasizes the impact of electoral forces, is now available in a brief, highly affordable Penguin Academic Series edition. Featuring new co-author D. Stephen Voss, this book addresses the recent, fundamental shift in the way American government functions. The accessibility of instant public opinion polls, the Internet, the ubiquitous nature of the news media, and the increasingly important role of interest groups, all of which the authors use to demonstrate that America is moving toward a more popular democracy, have blurred the lines between campaigning and governing. For those interested in American government.
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