Up-to-date and now more student-friendly. Features the 2012 elections, health care reform, and an early take on the 113th Congress.
This package offers the The American Congress Reader and the 6th edition of The American Congress, by Steven S. Smith, Jason M. Roberts, and Ryan J. Vander Wielen, at a discounted price.
By the same authors who drew upon Capitol Hill experience and nationally recognized scholarship to present a crisp introduction and analysis of Congress's inner mechanics, the Reader compiles the best relevant scholarship on party and ...
Drawing on theoretical insights from behavioral economics and extensive data on state ballot laws from 1888 to the present, as well as in-depth case studies, this book shows how strategic politicians use ballot design to influence voting ...