Organized to follow the structure of a standard introduction to American politics text, this unique reader highlights the role of diversity in U.S. politics through exploration of engaging, contemporary political issues. Based on the thesis that demographic diversity in America plays an important role in political outcomes and policy processes, this reader covers a wide range of contemporary issues and encompasses a myriad of group cleavages. Carefully selected readings from both academic and popular sources, in conjunction with introductions by the editors and end of chapter resources, present complex issues in an accessible, engaging way.

Diversity in Contemporary American Politics and Government

Politics & Social Sciences

O’Brien, Erin

Klemanski, John S.

Dulio, David A.

Politics & Government

Pearson

Create a campaign plan based on studies of campaigns in Texas, Michigan, and North Carolina with the simulation, THE MECHANICS OF STATE LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGNS. You'll do exercises on real-life scenarios or work in small teams to respond or resolve them, enhancing your understanding of political campaigns, organizations, and political behavior.

The Mechanics of State Legislative Campaigns

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Wadsworth Publishing

Power and City Governance: Comparative Perspectives on Urban Development

This book develops a new way of comparing and understanding urban politics across national borders. The author's approach, called "modes of governance, " emphasizes governing alignments and their agendas. Applying this perspective to four cities in England and the United States, Alan DiGaetano and John S. Klemanski compare the effects of postindustrial and urban political transformations, and link these to trends in the wider political economy.Economics, demographics, and state structure influence the choices that ruling alliances face in urban politics. Power and City Governance examines the role of these forces, then evaluates urban development in Boston and Detroit and in the English cities Birmingham and Bristol. The book compares the origins and development of pro-growth, growth-management, and social-reform governing alignments and, drawing on over 200 interviews with local leaders, provides a clear perspective on the power structure in each city.Unusual in its integration of comparative theory and practical analysis, Power and City Governance contributes significantly to the long-standing debate over the structure of community power.

Digaetano, Alan

Social Sciences

Univ. of Minnesota Press

Urban Politics Dictionary

Three components per entry (definition, "see also," and significance) offer thorough reference to some 600 terms pertinent to urban politics and those involved. A suggested reading list is also included for most terms the more controversial and complicated entries, not the self-evident ones. Includes a subject index (unlike many works in the dictionary format). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Smith, John William

ABC-Clio, Inc.

Campaigns from the Ground Up: State House Elections in a National Context (Pathways of Politics)

Based on data from the most recent elections, this book examines state house races in four key states California, Texas, Michigan, and Virginia and creates simulations of campaign planning, strategizing, budgeting, fundraising, and winning in a variety of political contexts. The authors have not only researched and taught about these issues they have conducted campaigns, run for office, and served in government at every level from the local to the national. They have experience confronting questions of campaign ethics and crisis management, and they actively embrace social media in their work. Internet fundraising as well as campaign websites are among the many media subjects included. This is a book not just for candidates, campaign professionals, and students, but for all concerned citizens who want to understand the pathways of politics better.

Campaigns from the Ground Up: State House Elections in a National Context (Pathways to Politics)

Switalski, Michael

Dulio, David

Sociology

Routledge

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