Gateways to Democracy, Integrated - Softcover

Geer, John G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 128541781X ISBN 13: 9781285417813

Verlag: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2012

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"Gateways to Democracy" continues with its framework of "gateways" to help students conceptualize participation and civic engagement - even democracy itself - with reference to how individuals access the political system. This approach helps students better see the relevance of government in their lives. "Gateways" uniquely incorporates policy into a section at the end of each chapter, complementing the way many instructors teach the course and helping students better understand the connection between public opinion, policy-making and how public policy applies to their lives. The second edition, complete with 2012 election updates, emphasizes critical thinking by clearly outlining learning outcomes and enhancing student learning with self-assessment "Checkpoints" and a clear chapter study plan.

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John G. Geer (PhD, Princeton University) is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University, and Distinguished Professor of Leadership, Policy, and Organization at Peabody College at Vanderbilt. He has taught political science at Arizona State University, was a visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School, and a research fellow at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University. A former editor of THE JOURNAL OF POLITICS, he has published numerous articles and several books, including IN DEFENSE OF NEGATIVITY: ATTACK ADVERTISING IN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS (2006), PUBLIC OPINION AND POLLING AROUND THE WORLD (2004), and FROM TEA LEAVES TO OPINION POLLS (1996). Dr. Geer's undergraduate teaching interests include Introduction to American Government, Public Opinion, Campaigns and Elections, and the Presidency. In 2004, he received the Department of Political Science's Robert Birkby Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching. In 2005, he won The College of Arts and Sciences' Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. In 2009, he won Vanderbilt University's Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching.

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• Verlag: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 128541781X
• ISBN 13: 9781285417813
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 704
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