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Features:
* The text’s critical thinking approach to politics, its features, and its
narrative are designed to teach students to look closely, question logically,
and think critically about the American Political process.
* A unique analytical framework presented in the first chapter illustrates the
interactions between underlying structural factors—the economy, society,
cultural values, etc.–and our political system. This framework offers a
holistic view of our system.
* A “democratic ideal” is carefully outlined in the first chapter, giving
students a “yardstick” with which