Product Overview
Question how American democracy is developing.
The Struggle for Democracy not only provides students with an understanding of the American political process but also with the tools to critically evaluate that process. This text focuses on the role that democracy has played in the American story and asks students how democracy isor isntrevealed in our politics and government. It also encourages students examine how deeply connected politics and government are with historical, economic, and social influences. Encouraging students to look for patterns in American politics government, The Struggle for Democracy both strengthens a fundamental aspect of critical thinking and tells a unique story of our countrys political development.
MyPoliSciLab is an integral part ofthe Greenberg program. Key learning applications include MyPoliSciLab Video Series, Explorer and Simulations.
A better teaching and learning experience
This program provides a better teaching and learning experiencefor you and your students. Heres how:
- Personalize LearningReach every student at each stage of learning, engage them in active rather than passive learning, and measure that learning. Refined after a decade of real-world use and compatible with learning management systems like Blackboard, the new MyPoliSciLab is a customizable digital learning experience that supports each individual students and educators success.
- Emphasize OutcomesKeep students focused on what they need to learn. A new design facilitates print and digital reading experiences and turns this books learning objectives into a clear learning path. On MyPoliSciLab, practice tests help students achieve these objectives by creating personalized study plans.
- Engage StudentsEach student is different. Reach all of them with the new MyPoliSciLab Video Series, which features this books authors and top political scientists discussing the big ideas in each chapter and applying them to enduring political issues.
- Improve Critical ThinkingStudents get a lot of information about politics; your challenge as an instructor is to turn them into critical consumers of that information. Using interactive data to answer political questions introduced in this books infographics, Explorer is a hands-on way to develop quantitative literacy and to move students beyond punditry and opinion.
- Analyze Current EventsPrepare students for a lifetime of following political news. Both in this book and on MyPoliSciLab, coverage of the 2012 elections and more keeps politics relevant and models how to analyze development in the American political system. Get up-to-the-minute analysis on MyPoliSciLabs blogs or reflect on a theoretical case with a simulation.
- Support InstructorsMake more time for your students with instructor resourcesTest Bank, MyTest Computerized Test Bank, Instructors Manual, and PowerPoint Presentation with Classroom Response System (CRS)that offer effective learning assessments and classroom engagement.
This Book a la Carte Edition is an unbound, three-hole punched, loose-leaf version of the textbook and provides students the opportunity to personalized their book by incorporating their own notes and taking the portion of the book they need to class all at a fraction of the bound book price.
