William T. Bianco

American Politics Today, Fifth AP® Edition, is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features—from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page graphics that illustrate key political processes—show students how politics works and why it matters. All components of the learning package—textbook, InQuizitive adaptive learning tool, and coursepack are organized around specific chapter learning goals to ensure that students learn the nuts and bolts of American government. AP® is a trademark registered and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.

The Fifth Edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features—from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page graphics that illustrate key political processes—show students how politics works and why it matters. All components of the learning package—textbook, InQuizitive adaptive learning tool, and coursepack—are organized around specific chapter learning goals to ensure that students learn the nuts and bolts of American government.

The Fifth Edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features—from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page graphics that illustrate key political processes—show students how politics works and why it matters. All components of the learning package—textbook, InQuizitive adaptive learning tool, and coursepack—are organized around specific chapter learning goals to ensure that students learn the nuts and bolts of American government.

The Fifth Edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features—from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page graphics that illustrate key political processes—show students how politics works and why it matters. All components of the learning package—textbook, InQuizitive adaptive learning tool, and coursepack—are organized around specific chapter learning goals to ensure that students learn the nuts and bolts of American government.

The fifth edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features—from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page graphics that illustrate key political processes—show students how politics works and why it matters. All components of the learning package—textbook, InQuizitive adaptive learning tool and coursepack—are organised around specific chapter learning goals to ensure that students learn the nuts and bolts of American government.

The fifth edition of American Politics Today is designed to show students the reality of politics today and how it connects to their own lives. New features—from chapter opening cases that address the kinds of questions students ask, to full-page graphics that illustrate key political processes—show students how politics works and why it matters. All components of the learning package—textbook, InQuizitive adaptive learning tool and coursepack—are organised around specific chapter learning goals to ensure that students learn the nuts and bolts of American government.

American Politics Today helps students understand the debates and controversies that they encounter in the news by emphasizing conflict and compromise as natural parts of politics. New book features—including highly visual “How It Works” infographics—show how the American political process resolves conflicts.

American Politics Today helps students understand the debates and controversies that they encounter in the news by emphasizing conflict and compromise as natural parts of politics. New book features—including highly visual “How It Works” infographics—show how the American political process resolves conflicts.

American Politics Today helps students understand the debates and controversies that they encounter in the news by emphasizing conflict and compromise as natural parts of politics. The Essentials Edition includes all the learning tools from the full book—including highly visual “How It Works” infographics and an approach organized around Chapter Goals—in a text that is 30% shorter.

The text introduces students to the core areas of interest in rational-choice scholarship, including rule making, collective-action problems, decision making, strategic behavior, and the role of institutions. Written in clear prose and filled with concrete examples, American Politics: Strategy and Choice provides readers with a thorough understanding of the basic principles of the rational-choice approach and its many applications to American politics.