Politics in America: Alternate Edition

With a focus on competition for resources, this balanced, but provocative text uses Harold Laswell's classic definition of politics–";Who gets what, when, and how";–as a framework for presenting a clear, cohesive and stimulating introduction to the American political system. Thomas Dye, along with new co-author Bartholomew Sparrow, has written a lively and absorbing narrative examining the struggle for power that is American politics: the participants, the stakes, the processes, and the institutions. Numerous feature boxes explore timely issues, draw cross-cultural comparisons, promote critical thinking, and provoke thoughtful opinions. The alternate edition of this classic text includes the exact same coverage as the comprehensive version but without the policy chapters. With the intense political conflict of the m