PDF | Keeping the Republic – Power and Citizenship in American Politics, The Essentials (9th Edition)

Keeping the Republic – Power and Citizenship in American Politics, The Essentials (9th Edition)

Format: PDF eTextbooks
ISBN-13: 978-1544326061
ISBN-10: 1544326068
Delivery: Instant Download
Authors: Christine Barbour
Publisher: CQ Press

Keeping the Republic gives students the power to

• examine the narrative of what′s going on in American politics,
• distinguish fact from fiction and balance from bias, and
• influence the message through informed citizenship.

Keeping the Republic draws students into the study of American politics, showing them how to think critically about “who gets what, and how” while exploring the twin themes of power and citizenship. Students are pushed to consider how and why institutions and rules determine who wins and who loses in American politics, and to be savvy consumers of political information.

The thoroughly updated Ninth Edition considers how a major component of power is who controls the information, how it is assembled into narratives, and whether we come to recognize fact from fiction. Citizens now have unprecedented access to power – the ability to create and share their own narratives – while simultaneously being even more vulnerable to those trying to shape their views. The political landscape of today gives us new ways to keep the republic, and some high-tech ways to lose it.

Throughout the text and its features, authors Christine Barbour and Gerald Wright show students how to effectively apply the critical thinking skills they develop to the political information they encounter every day. Students are challenged to deconstruct prevailing narratives and effectively harness the political power of the information age for themselves.