Focusing on the responsiveness of government, Welch et al., helps students understand how and why important features of government have evolved and their impact. It fosters student analysis of the political process, is well-referenced, and includes award-winning coverage of women's issues and participation in the political process. This edition features an analysis of the 1994 Congressional elections. Populism boxes discuss current topics as they affect/disturb middle class Americans. Symbolic Solutions to Complex Problems focus on how politicians look for simplistic solutions to difficult and lingering problems.

American Government

Education & Teaching

Welch, Susan

Gruhl, John

Comer, John

Rigdon, Susan M.

Steinman, Michael

Schools & Teaching

Wadsworth Publishing

Study Guide for American Government

This text focuses on the responsiveness of government and helps students understand how and why important features of government have evolved, and their impact on government and individuals. It covers the core topics of an American government course, paying special attention to the participation in public life by women and minorities. It features a special chapter on the influence of money in politics.

American Government, Post Election Update

This brief version of Welch et al., American Government encourages students to analyze the American government through current political research. Every aspect of this text has been proven successfulQthe solid research, the lively writing style, the in-depth coverage of women and minority issues, the pertinent boxed features, and the extensive ancillary package. This edition includes an expanded budget policy chapter and two new pedagogical features: New Populism boxes discuss current topics as they affect and disturb middle class Americans; and Symbolic Solutions for Complex Problems boxes focus on how politicians often look for simplistic solutions to complex problems that more often than not fail to solve the problem.

Study Guide for Understanding American Government

Vermeer, Jan

This brief version of Welch et al., American Government encourages students to analyze the American government through current political research. Every aspect of this text has been proven successful-the solid research, the lively writing style, the in-depth coverage of women and minority issues, the pertinent boxed features, and the extensive ancillary package. This edition includes an expanded budget policy chapter and two new pedagogical features: New Populism boxes discuss current topics as they affect and disturb middle class Americans; and Symbolic Solutions for Complex Problems boxes focus on how politicians often look for simplistic solutions to complex problems that more often than not fail to solve the problem.

Understanding American Government

American government

Politics & Social Sciences

John Comer

Susan

Baxter Staff (editor) Welch

Politics & Government

Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc

ASIN: 031493524X Product Name: American government

Comer, John C.

West Pub. Co.

Affirmative action is one of the central issues of American politics today, and admission to colleges and universities has been at the center of the debate. While this issue has been discussed for years, there is very little real data on the impact of affirmative action programs on admissions to institutions of higher learning. Susan Welch and John Gruhl in this groundbreaking study look at the impact on admissions of policies developed in the wake of the United States Supreme Court's landmark 1978 Bakke decision. In Bakke, the Court legitimized the use of race as one of several factors that could be considered in admissions decisions, while forbidding the use of quotas. Opponents of affirmative action claim that because of the Bakke decision thousands of less-qualified minorities have been granted admission in preference to more qualified white students; proponents claim that without the affirmative action policies articulated in Bakke, minorities would not have made the gains they have made in higher education. Based on a survey of admissions officers for law and medical schools and national enrollment data, the authors give us the first analysis of the real impact of the Bakke decision and affirmative action programs on enrollments in medical and law schools. Admission to medical schools and law schools is much sought after and is highly competitive. In examining admissions patterns to these schools the authors are able to identify the effects of affirmative action programs and the Bakke decision in what may be the most challenging case. This book will appeal to scholars of race and gender in political science, sociology and education as well as those interested in the study of affirmative action policies. Susan Welch is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University. John Gruhl is Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Affirmative Action and Minority Enrollments in Medical and Law Schools

Sociology

University of Michigan Press

Written by authors who have won numerous awards for their research and writing on women and minority issues in American Government, this textbook offers an inclusive view of participants in the American political system. From this book, you will not only learn how government works but you will move on to the more controversial aspects of government, being exposed to actual people and experiences of government in action through the You Are There feature that opens each chapter, the suggested film lists at the ends the chapters, and the online exercises that support and enhance concepts found throughout the text.

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