Politics in America

With a focus on competition for resources this balanced but provocative text uses Harold Laswells 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. With the intense political conflict of the most expensive presidential campaign in American history and the hotly-contested primary campaigns that led to the national conventions in 20