America's New Democracy

America's New Democracy, Fourth Edition Morris P. Fiorina Paul E. Peterson Bertram Johnson D. Stephen Voss William G Mayer _____________________________________________________________________________For more than 60 years, instructors and their students have looked to Penguin trade paperbacks for state-of-the-art scholarship, accessibility, and fair prices. Longman, Penguin's sister company, aims to meet those same expectations with textbooks in our series, Penguin Academics.We've created the Penguin Academics series with ease of use in mindthe books are conveniently portable and highly readable, with engaging typefaces and interior designs. Concise yet thorough in their coverage of the basics, Penguin Academics titles are ideal for use either by themselves or in combination with other books. A list of related Penguin paperbacks can be found at the back of this and every Penguin Academics title.Written in a strong narrative voice and brimming with examples of interest to students, the new edition ofAmerica's New Democracyprovides a focused and stimulating treatment of politics in the United States. Illustrating popular influence across the political system in defense of a central theme--that elections matter more in America's political system today than they have in the past or do in other democracies--the book challenges the pessimistic view that government seldom listens to ordinary people.New to the Fourth Edition New feature, "Election Voices," explores the various sides of important, current public policy debates on such topics as the constitutionality of the death penalty, arguments for and against new restrictions on lobbying, and the complex matter of U.S. energy policy. The most recent developments in American politics are presented, including the public's rapidly changing media consumption habits, the "frontloaded" 2008 presidential primary calendar, and the Bush administration's policies on wiretapping and other surveillance. Up-to-date coverage of the actions of the 110th Congress includes the continuing debate on immigration policy, Congress's failure to pass a budget in 2006, and the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandals. In-depth analysis of the new face of the Supreme Court treats the Court's 2007 decisions on so-called "partial birth abortion" and the Clean Air Act. Cutting-edge political science research includes new work on term limits (Chapter 3), media bias (Chapter 5), structural barriers to voting (Chapter 6), the effects of judicial elections (Chapter 12), and the polarization of Congressional voting (Chapter 15). Visit us at www.ablongman.com/polisciFiorina, Morris P. is the author of 'America's New Democracy ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780205572489 and ISBN 0205572480.