Students often complain that textbooks are boring‎,‎ especially the door‎-stoppers in use for most survey courses‎.‎ But they‎'‎ve never had a textbook like this‎.‎ Just ask adopters of the first edition who are thanking Novel Approach for some of their best student evaluations to date‎.‎ Van Belle and Mash deliver the core concepts and real‎-world political examples you expect from an introductory book‎,‎ just in a way that your students will actually have fun reading and will retain after the exam‎.‎ With enlightening‎,‎ yet entertaining‎,‎ references ranging from 1984 to The Dark Knight‎,‎ students take away more from discussions of institutions‎,‎ ideology‎,‎ and economics because concepts are introduced using popular culture‎.‎ Revisions to the second edition‎,‎ in addition to a wealth of new and recent movies and books‎,‎ include new features on major political theorists and expanded stand‎-alone institutional chapters on the legislature and the executive‎.‎ Never fear‎-the textbook stuff is here too‎-chapter summaries‎,‎ bolded key terms‎,‎ and discussion questions‎.‎

• Category Type‎:‎ Economics & Political Sciences
• Author‎:‎ Douglas A‎.‎Van Belle and Kenneth M‎.‎ Mash
• ISBN‎:‎ 9780872899995
• Binding‎:‎ Paperback
• Book Language‎:‎ English
• Publisher‎:‎ SAGE Publications
• Number of Pages‎:‎ 436 pages
• Dimensions‎:‎ 23.11 x 17.02 x 2.29 cm
• Edition‎:‎ 2nd Edition
• Publication Year‎:‎ 2009
• Product Weight‎:‎ 0.68 kg
• Book Origin‎:‎ United States