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America's Democratic Republic, Penguin Academics Series, 2/E
Edward S. Greenberg, University of Colorado, Boulder
Benjamin I. Page, Northwestern University

ISBN-10: 0321431332
ISBN-13: 9780321431332

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 592 pp
Published: 12/23/2006

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Part of the popular “Penguin Academics” Series, America's Democratic Republic is a brief, affordable book in an accessible trade-like format that explores the clash between the democratic aspirations of the American people and the republican foundations of our Constitution.

Written with a lively, narrative style this text traces the storyline of American government and examines the coexistence of Americans' strong democratic aspirations with the republican constitutional framework-designed to constrain popular influence. By drawing students into this story and highlighting the tension between these competing elements of American government, this text helps students understand the "democratic republic." As a result, the author hopes to diminish student apathy, quell cynicism, and inspire their reengagement in civic life.

The “Penguin Academics” series offers accessibly written, elegantly designed, and highly affordable trade-format books by pre-eminent scholars.

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Inexpensive. The extremely affordable price and brevity of this book made it an excellent option for professors who want to use supplementary texts, readings, or periodicals in their course.
Written around a single “storyline,” the text often reads “like a novel,” engaging even the most apathetic students and inspiring them to read on.
Unique main theme of the clash of Democratic aspirations and Republican constitution is designed to “animate” the story of our government, overcome student cynicism and help students understand why our system works the way it does.
Chapter-opening vignettes provide a compelling story to draw students into the chapter and preview how that chapter's subject is shaped by the text's theme.
“The American Democratic Republic” sections end each chapter, review the principal points made in the chapter, and provide a summary and review of the conflict or cooperation between democratic aspirations and republican constitutional foundations in that chapter.
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Updated throughout to include results of the 2006 Midterm elections as well as key issues, events, and scholarship of the last two years.
More theoretical coverage and context has been added, particularly to Chapter 1, to better establish a framework in which to understand the story of American government and root the book’s argument in strong scholarship.
New! Transition paragraphs follow the chapter-opening vignettes and preview how the text’s theme and argument manifest themselves in the chapter material that follows. These paragraphs offer students additional context and establish a foundation on which they can build their understanding of the material that follows.
Revised! “The Democratic Republic” sections ending each chapter have been revised to better inspire critical thinking. Many are now presented as bold debates and are accompanied by critical thinking questions, giving students an opportunity to apply their analytical skills to the argument being offered in the book.
Added! More frequent transitions highlighting the theme are included throughout the book, and more explicit references to the theme have been added throughout each chapter.
Updated! Vignettes have been thoroughly updated to showcase the current nature of the text’s coverage.

Table of Contents

I. DEMOCRATIC ASPIRATIONS, REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS.

1. The American Democratic Republic.

2. The Constitution.

3. Federalism.

II. POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.

4. Civil Liberties.

5. Civil Rights.

6. Public Opinion and Political Learning.

7. The News Media.

8. Interest Groups.

9. Political Parties.

10. Elections and Citizen Participation.

III. GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.

11. Congress.

12. The Presidency.

13. The Federal Bureacracy.

14. The Courts.

IV. WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES.

15. Domestic Policy.

16. Foreign Policy and National Defense.

APPENDICES.

The Declaration of Independence.

The Constitution of the United States.

The Federalist Papers, Nox. 10, 51, & 78.

Presidents and Congresses, 1789-2005.

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, 1789-2004.

Glossary.

Credits.

Index.

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Part of the popular “Penguin Academics” Series, America's Democratic Republic is a brief, affordable book in an accessible trade-like format that explores the clash between the democratic aspirations of the American people and the republican foundations of our Constitution.

Written with a lively, narrative style, this text traces the storyline of American government and focuses on the long standing and inescapable tension between the country’s 18th Century republican Constitutional foundations and the democratic aspirations of the American people. The thematic framework helps students to consider American government and politics as a hybrid--rooted equally in the founder’s intentions to restrain the majority and the people’s growing demand for a more fully realized democracy. In this manner, America’s Democratic Republic provides an engaging narrative that works to diminish student apathy, quell cynicism, and inspire their reengagement in civic life.

The “Penguin Academics” series offers accessibly written, elegantly designed, and highly affordable trade-format books by pre-eminent scholars.

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Edward S. Greenberg is a professor of political science and the director of the Political and Economic Change Program in the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is author or coauthor of several books, including The Struggle for Democracy, The American Political System, and Workplace Democracy. Greenberg has been the recipient of three major grants from the National Science Foundation and two from the National Institutes of Health, and is currently engaged in a study, funded by NIH, that examines the effect of corporate restructuring on employees, including their mental and physical health and their social and political outlooks.

Ben Page is the Scott Fulcher Professor of Decision Making in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. He is one of the nation’s leading students of American public opinion, and his landmark book, The Rational Public, won the Converse Award from the American Political Science Association in recognition of its singular contributions to the discipline. His new book, The Foreign Policy Disconnect, uses longitudinal survey data to show that the American People and their leaders are not always on the same page.

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America's Democratic Republic
Edward S. Greenberg • Benjamin I. Page

Written in a lively, narrative style constructed around a single story line that will keep students reading, this text gets to the heart of American frustration with the federal government’s seeming inability to effectively address the nation’s most important problems. This dynamic discussion centers around the idea that this “inability” is actually rooted in a long-standing and inescapable tension lying at the heart of the American political system.

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Updated throughout to include results of the 2006 midterm elections as well as key issues, events, and scholarship of the last two years.
More theoretical coverage and context has been added, particularly to Chapter 1, to better establish a framework in which to understand the story of American government and root the book’s argument in strong scholarship.
Transition paragraphs follow the chapter-opening vignettes and preview how the text’s theme and argument manifest themselves in the chapter material that follows. These paragraphs offer students additional context and establish a foundation on which they can build their understanding of the material that follows.
“The Democratic Republic” sections ending each chapter have been revised to better inspire critical thinking. Many are now presented as bold debates and are accompanied by critical thinking questions, giving students an opportunity to apply their analytical skills to the argument being offered in the book.
More frequent transitions highlighting the theme are included throughout the book, and more explicit references to the theme have been added throughout each chapter.
Vignettes have been thoroughly updated to showcase the current nature of the text’s coverage.

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