"Harold Lasswells "who gets what and how" definition of politics takes center stage in this streamlined, accessible, yet strongly analytic text. By charting who is involved, what is at stake, and how conflict is resolved, students learn to interpret political events to see how power and resources are allocated, or to determine who wins and who loses. Keeping the Republic highlights the "who" of Lasswells definition to explore how citizensof different religions, income brackets, races, ethnicities, ideologies, and gendersevaluate democracy in practice. In order to "keep a republic," they must shoulder responsibilities as well as exercise their rights. Seizing on this idea, the authors challenge students to view democratic participation as the price of maintaining liberty, and as a means of evaluating how well the American system works. With brevity comes added flexibility. Whether you want to assign fewer pages or supplement your core text with outside readings, you can count on this strongly thematic book to make no compromises on currency, breadth, or readability. New and revised coverage of the most important events and scholarshipranging from turnover on the Supreme Court, the influence of 527s, and battles over redistricting to party discipline, the war in Iraq, and President Bushs relationship with the mediareinforce the books narrative drive."

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