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DEBATING REFORM
CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES ON HOW TO FIX THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM |
| By: |
Richard J. Ellis (Editor), Michael Nelson (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£39.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1452240027 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781452240022 |
| Publisher: |
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| Pub. date: |
15 January, 2013 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
400 |
| Description: |
Presenting a range of essays from top scholars in the field, this reader helps students to understand how American Government institutions can be made to work better |
| Synopsis: |
Getting students to engage in debate always makes for a lively classroom. Yet when students only parrot partisan lines, an instructor is left to question if there is real pedagogical value in the exercise. Ellis and Nelson offer a fresh take on the traditional debate-style Reader. With pieces written specifically for this volume by top scholars in the field, each pro or con essay considers a concrete proposal for reforming the political system, from making it easier to amend the Constitution to adopting compulsory voting. By focusing on institutions, rather than liberal or conservative public policies, students tend to leave behind ideology and grapple with claims and evidence to draw their own conclusions and build their own arguments. Students will explore how institutions work in their American government text, but this reader helps them to understand how they can be made to work better. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
CQ Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |