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Completely up-to-date and featuring chapter summaries, exhibit boxes, discussion questions, weblinks and further reading guides, Contemporary American Politics offers a lively and accessible text that will be essential reading for all students of American politics and society.      Robert Singh is a lecturer in politics at Birkbeck College, London. Contemporary American Politics: Issues and Controversies is a companion text to the foundation textbook American Government and Politics: A Concise Introduction also published by SAGE.      `In this volume the political scientist Robert Singh has selected and analyzed closely a set of topical issues and controversies in American politics - including gun control, capital punishment and cultural wars - as a way better to understand the United States. The result is an excellent text which conveys both the diversity of contemporary America and the complexity of issues often treated superficially in media accounts. I recommend the book highly′ - Desmond King, Mellon Professor of American Government, University of Oxford      `Rob Singh is a master of style, and his book is the perfect companion for those who are interested in America′s \"culture wars\" but hitherto have been put off by the execrable jargon they have spawned′ - Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Professor of American History, University of Edinburgh      `For those who still believe that politics is normally, naturally, about economics, Rob Singh has gathered the evidence and dialed the wake-up call: seven major instances of an ongoing culture war meet a common analytic framework here in a lively and informative fashion′ - Byron E Shafer, University of Wisconsin      `For the student this is the perfect complement to a textbook. American politics is not just about institutions and processes, but also about current political issues and debates. Robert Singh′s interesting book illuminates a range of social and cultural issues that divide Americans in the 21st century.  All undergraduate courses on American politics should include it on reading lists for seminars, tutorials and classes′ - Alan Ware, Worcester College, Oxford","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49624418287889,"sku":"GOR004336949","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51407146385681,"sku":"GOR014261616","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0761940960.jpg?v=1751432445"},{"product_id":"american-government-and-politics-book-robert-p-singh-9780761940944","title":"American Government and Politics","description":"American Government and Politics is a completely new introductory textbook designed and written for all students of politics coming to the subject for the first time. It provides a lively and accessible introduction and guide to all the main features and characteristics of one of the most distinctive and complex contemporary political systems in the world.     From the impeachment of Bill Clinton, to the controversy surrounding the 2000 presidential election, and the Bush administration′s responses to September 11, students will gain a balanced and critical understanding of all the key issues and debates in contemporary American government and politics today.      A number of key underlying themes include:       - the nature of American values and identity   - the influence of the constitution on political development   - the ways in which key governing institutions function to produce domestic and foreign policy.      Key features include:      - comprehensive glossary of key terms   - discussion and summary boxes   - web links and guides to further reading      Robert Singh is a lecturer in politics at Birkbeck College, London.       American Government and Politics: A Concise Introduction is the foundation companion text to Contemporary American Politics: Issues and Controversies also published by SAGE.      `Rob Singh has written a finely organized and informative textbook that combines to an unusually high degree analytical clarity, accessibility of style and form, and an enlightened scepticism about received wisdom.  This is an admirable book′ - Nigel Bowles, St Anne′s College, Oxford      `Full of topical information and written with sparkling clarity, this book is a short-cut to excellence for the discriminating student′ - Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Professor of American History, University of Edinburgh      `In American Government and Politics Robert Singh provides an excellent introduction to the subject. His approach is wide ranging, his examples well selected and his style is accessible. It will make an ideal book for introductory and more advanced university courses on US government. I strongly recommend the book to teachers and students′ - Desmond King, Mellon Professor of American Government, University of Oxford      `This is a well written and lively book that is an important addition to the ranks of textbooks on American politics. One of its many virtues is its recognition that the textbook today is useful to a student only if it links to the world of web-based resources. 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