The Challenge of Democracy: American Government in Global Politics
By Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey M. Berry, Jerry Goldman, Deborah Schildkraut, Paul Manna
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Packed with all-new examples, art and data, Janda/Berry/Goldman/Schildkraut/Manna's THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IN GLOBAL POLITICS, 16th Edition, explores how the clash of values surrounding freedom, order and equality characterize U.S. politics. The authors vividly illustrate tensions between majoritarian and pluralist views of democracy across the political landscape and examine how political institutions and outputs compare to those in other countries. Extensively updated, this revision highlights the fragility of American democracy as well as the importance of norms in shaping how provisions of the Constitution work in practice. This text is also available with MindTap.
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Packed with all-new examples, art and data, Janda/Berry/Goldman/Schildkraut/Manna's THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IN GLOBAL POLITICS, 16th Edition, explores how the clash of values surrounding freedom, order and equality characterize U.S. politics. The authors vividly illustrate tensions between majoritarian and pluralist views of democracy across the political landscape and examine how political institutions and outputs compare to those in other countries. Extensively updated, this revision highlights the fragility of American democracy as well as the importance of norms in shaping how provisions of the Constitution work in practice. This text is also available with MindTap.
A Global Politics feature in every chapter puts political issues in their international context, including press freedoms around the world and impeachment of national leaders.
Discussions of the tensions between pluralist and majoritarian visions of democracy like rising partisanship in Congress and the ways public opinion impacts public policy is included.
The "Freedom, Order or Equality" theme shows up in a feature in each chapter, highlighting the tensions among these values and their connection to chapter concepts.
The text's signature Challenge Accepted feature asks students to consider a current topic related to the concepts being discussed and ends with a critical thinking question.
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Part I. Dilemmas of Democracy
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