Subjects:  1. Democracy    2. History & Theory - General    3. Political Ideologies - Democracy    4. Political Process - General    5. Political Science    6. Political participation    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Politics, Practical    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Practical Politics    11. Political science & theory    12. Political structures: democracy   

Subjects:  1. Asia - Southeast Asia    2. Economic Conditions    3. History - General History    4. Political History    5. Politics and government    6. Singapore    7. Social Science    8. Social control    9. Sociology    10. Sociology - General    11. Political Science / Civics    12. Social theory    13. World history: from c 1900 -   

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American Goverment ,10th Edition review
It was a very good price for a high quality book plus the CD was included.

Big on Big Government
The author's own excerpt says it all --
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Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. Political Process - Leadership    3. Political Science    4. Politics - Current Events    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Politics and government    7. Politics/International Relations    8. U.S. Government (General)    9. United States    10. Political Science / General   

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Excellent, Factual, and Detailed
This is a well-presented, comprehensive account of California government. I use the latest edition of the book in my American Politics class. This book has a wealth of details that are relevant in our politics and society, as well as easy to find and understand. Have you ever wanted to know exactly how many state-wide officials are elected in California and who they are? You will find the answer in this book. What is the structure of the judiciary and how has it been reformed since 1998, when the voters passed the initiative that streamlined the system? The answer is here. I like this book and recommend it to undergraduate students who study California politics and professors who teach the subject on the undegraduate level. By the way, I mean "students" in the most general sense. Even if you are not in college but want to really know more about California politics rather than read a bombastic, sensationalist account of current events, pick up this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. Government - State & Provincial    3. Political Science    4. Politics / Current Events    5. Politics/International Relations    6. California    7. Local government    8. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT   

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An honest but inadequate effort
Dr. Patterson's book is, as far as I'm aware, the only serious analysis of non-voting in America that makes any effort to address the usual (and false) idea that our high rate of non-participation is somehow harmful, divisive, detrimental to democracy, etc.He presents another point of view, but devotes less than 4 pages to it; in the rest of the book he shows the same bias as other writers.Still, credit where credit is due; the book would be worth reading for this fact alone.
Want to know more about voter turnout?
In response to the reviewer who wants to know more about voter turnout, especially the impact of the Motor Voter Act and election day registration, I recommend the recent book by Martin Wattenberg -- Where Have All the Voters Gone?

What is new here?
This book is a real disappointment.Patterson seems to think that footnotes compensate for real thought.There are almost 700 footnotes for a book thatis substantively less than 200 pages. He seems to substitute polemic liberal nostrums for substantive debate about an important issue for our representative form of government.If that is what passes for scholarly treatment of an issue - then scholarship has declined.Read more

Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. Political Process - Elections    3. Political Process - General    4. Political Science    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Politics/International Relations    7. U.S. Practical Politics    8. Political Science / Civics   

Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. Government - Legislative Branch    3. Political Process - General    4. Political Science    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Politics and government    7. Politics/International Relations    8. U.S. Government (Specific Aspects)    9. U.S. Practical Politics    10. United States    11. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    12. Political Science / General    13. USA   

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a wonderful guide
I found this book to be really fascinating.Living as I do next door to the U.S., and having some familiarity with American politics and government, I found this book filled so many gaps in my knowledge so succinctly that I would think many Americans could profitably refer to this over and over again.The ridiculous election of 2000 filled many of we foreigners with confusion of how the self-appointed 'World's Greatest Democracy' could have such a baffling 'system' of electing the president and vice-president, and this book helped me so much understanding the complexities of what was going on.I commend the authors heartily for conceiving of such a book and filling it with so much information...the Supreme Court cases are marvels of conciseness.I hope that if you're interested in American Government, be you student, teacher or just an interested citizen, you buy this book.It's a steal at the price. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Civics & Citizenship    3. Encyclopedias    4. General    5. Government - U.S. Government    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Politics and government    8. Reference    9. United States   

Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. General    3. Government - U.S. Government    4. History & Theory - General    5. National service    6. Political Science    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Politics/International Relations    9. United States    10. Civil rights & citizenship   

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Well thought out and persuasive
I am a college student at Temple University and I had to read this book for my political science class.I thought this book was very well thought out and persuasive.In the book, Hudson explains eight reasons why America falls short of being a true democracy.
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Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. Democracy    3. Political Ideologies - Democracy    4. Political Science    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Politics and government    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Textbooks    9. United States    10. Political structures: democracy   

Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. Political And Civil Rights    3. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    4. Political Science    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Right of property    8. Social contract    9. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    10. Political Science / General    11. Political economy   

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Politics and Entertainment
Entertaining The Citizen: When Politics and Popular Culture Converge by Liesbet Van Zoonen (Critical Media Studies: Rowman & Littlefield) (Paperback) One day, while researching for this book, I came across an excited text from an American student who had to watch The West Wing, an American television series about life and politics at the White House, for her political science class. Did I envy her! I remember reading All the President's Men and watching the movie in the Netherlands in the mid-seventies, when I was in my teens. I found it electrifying; what an amaz�ing arrogance of the Nixon administration, what a daring investigation by the Washington Post journalists, what a right and proper outcome of the democratic process. How exhilarating politics could be! I don't re-ally remember whether the book and the movie made me go to univer�sity to study political science, but I do recall my surprise and frustration in my first year that politics could be made so tiresome. We did not get movies at my Dutch university, but there were lots of readings, endless theorizing, enigmatic statistical logics, and discussion-always more discussion. On only a few occasions did a teacher manage to convey some of the passion and vitality that motivates people to become involved in politics or to study political science. More often I found my-self struggling with the abstract concepts of "the state," "ideology," and "the public sphere." I found out only later that my bewilderment as an eighteen-year-old (Where is this public sphere exactly?) was a running gag among scholars working with the concept. Had they told me then, I may not have ended up with such a love-hate relationship with politics and political science; much of which also had to do, as I understood again much later, with being one of the few women to study this pecu�liar discipline.
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Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. Mass media    3. Media Studies    4. Performing Arts/Dance    5. Political aspects    6. Politics and culture    7. Popular Culture - General    8. Popular culture    9. Social Science    10. Sociology    11. United States    12. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    13. Performing Arts / Mass Media   

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Provides The Foundation for Privacy and Trust for Business
For a company or organization, the most valuable intangible asset they have is trust, and the resulting goodwill from this trust. It may take years for a company to build up this asset, but as companies such as ChoicePoint learned this past year, it can all be gone just like that. Their crime was that of giving away private information about people to a criminal engaged in identity theft, and they failed to notify anybody until they had to under a California Privacy law. But it can be a daunting challenge to get a firm grasp on how privacy should be implemented in the enterprise, as well as knowing what laws of what jurisdictions may be applicable. That is why "Privacy Handbook: Guidelines, Exposures, Policy Implementation, and International Issues" (Albert J. Marcella, Jr. and Carol Stucki, John Wiley and Sons, 2003, 384 Pages, ISBN 0470011513) needs to be on the bookshelves of any professional that takes
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Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business/Economics    3. Civics & Citizenship    4. Entrepreneurship    5. Individual And The State    6. Information Management    7. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    8. Political Science    9. Privacy, Right of    10. United States    11. Business & Economics / Information Management    12. Management & management techniques   

Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. Gay Studies    3. Gender Studies    4. Gender identity    5. Homosexuality    6. Lesbian Studies    7. Lesbianism    8. Political aspects    9. Sex role    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. CITIZENSHIP    13. Cultural studies    14. HOMOSEXUALITY_POLITICAL ASPECTS    15. Political Science / Civics   

Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. International Relations - General    4. Law    5. Legal status, laws, etc    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Refugees    8. Social Science    9. International humanitarian law    10. International relations    11. Political science & theory   

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Uneven, especially for a third edition
I am currently using this textbook for my introductory course in American politics.It is the second time I am using this text, and I will likely use it at least once more.So while I say that this book is uneven, it is still better than most other introductory texts out there.
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Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. Democracy    3. Political Ideologies - Democracy    4. Political Science    5. Politics - Current Events    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Politics and government    8. Politics/International Relations    9. United States    10. Political Science / General    11. Political structures: democracy    12. USA   

Subjects:  1. Citizenship    2. Civics & Citizenship    3. History & Theory - General    4. Political Ideologies - Democracy    5. Political Process - Elections    6. Political Science    7. Political participation    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. United States    11. Political structures: democracy   

Subjects:  1. Americas (North Central South West Indies)    2. Canada    3. Citizenship    4. Civics & Citizenship    5. Emigration & Immigration    6. Ethnic Studies - General    7. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Public Policy - Cultural Policy    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Sociology - General    13. United States    14. Civil rights & citizenship    15. Social Science / Sociology / General    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Civics & Citizenship    2. Conflict management    3. General    4. Human rights movements    5. Human rights workers    6. International Relations - General    7. Pacifists    8. Peace    9. Peace movements    10. Politics - Current Events    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Social Science    13. Sociology    14. Human rights    15. Peace studies    16. Political Science / International Security    17. Warfare & Defence   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Civics & Citizenship    3. Europe - General    4. Federal government    5. Germany    6. Government - Comparative    7. Government - National    8. History    9. Italy    10. Political Science    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Politics/International Relations    13. State, The    14. European History    15. Political Science / Foreign Legal Systems    16. Political Science and International Relations    17. Political structure & processes    18. USA   

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Great Book
Very Interesting ... Fast and Interesting
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Subjects:  1. Citizenship    2. Civics & Citizenship    3. Examinations, questions, etc    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History - U.S.    7. History: American    8. Study & Teaching    9. United States    10. United States - General    11. History / United States / General