The Enduring Democracy

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"This textbook explains the ideas institutions and interests that form American government and politics through historical evolution and contemporary debates. It engages students with clear writing and informative visuals and provides a comprehensive overview of the American political system." Meena Bose Hofstra University The Enduring Democracy examines the current state of American politics through the lenses of American history and the nations changing demographics. This two-pronged approach encourages students to place current issues and controversies into historical perspective and to think critically about how those issues and controversies are impacted by Americas increasingly diverse population. By analyzing and understanding the influences of historical context and demographics students can debate effectively with references use historical outcomes to predict for the future and create strong arguments based on what they know about fundamental changes in the political landscape. The highly anticipated Sixth Edition frames the 2016 general election and 2018 midterm elections from the perspective of what they mean to college students so that they can see the relevance of American government in their daily lives. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Digital Option / Courseware SAGE Vantage is an intuitive digital platform that delivers this texts content and course materials in a learning experience that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools all carefully designed to ignite student engagement and drive critical thinking. Built with you and your students in mind it offers simple course set-up and enables students to better prepare for class. Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available with SAGE Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. LMS Cartridge (formerly known as SAGE Coursepacks): Import this titles instructor resources into your schools learning management system (LMS) and save time. Dont use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. .