The Challenge of Democracy,
14th Edition

Part I: DILEMMAS OF DEMOCRACY.
1. Freedom, Order, or Equality?
2. Majoritarian or Pluralist Democracy?
Part II: FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
3. The Constitution
4. Federalism
Part III: LINKING PEOPLE WITH GOVERNMENT
5. Public Opinion and Political Socialization
6. The Media
7. Participation and Voting
8. Political Parties
9. Nominations, Elections, and Campaigns
10. Interest Groups
Part IV: INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT
11. Congress
12. The Presidency
13. The Bureaucracy
14. The Courts
Part V: CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS
15. Order and Civil Liberties
16. Equality and Civil Rights
Part VI: MAKING PUBLIC POLICY
17. Economic Policy
18. Policymaking and Domestic Policy

• Kenneth Janda

  Kenneth Janda is the Payson S. Wild Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northwestern University. He has published extensively in comparative party politics, research methodology and early use of computer technology in political science, for which he received awards from EDUCOM and support from Apple. His American Political Science Association awards include the Samuel Eldersveld Lifetime Achievement Award for his studies of party politics (2000) and the Frank J. Goodnow Award for distinguished service to the profession and the association (2009). Dr. Janda and fellow author Dr. Jerry Goldman shared APSA technology awards in 1992 for the IDEAlog computer program and in 2005 for the IDEAlog website. His most recent books are A TALE OF TWO PARTIES; LIVING AMONGST DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS SINCE 1952 (2021) and THE REPUBLICAN EVOLUTION: FROM GOVERNING PARTY TO ANTIGOVERNMENT PARTY, 1860-2020 (2022).

• Jeffrey M. Berry

  Jeffrey M. Berry is the John Richard Skuse Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. In addition to the American Political Science Association's Samuel Eldersveld Lifetime Achievement Award (2009), Dr. Berry received APSA "best book" awards for THE REBIRTH OF URBAN DEMOCRACY (1994), A VOICE FOR NONPROFITS (2004) and LOBBYING AND POLITICAL CHANGE (2009) as well as an award from the Policy Studies Organization for THE NEW LIBERALISM (1999). His most recent book is THE OUTRAGE INDUSTRY: POLITICAL OPINION MEDIA AND THE NEW INCIVILITY (with Sarah Sobieraj). Following undergraduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, he completed his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University.

• Jerry Goldman

  Jerry Goldman is professor emeritus of political science at Northwestern University. He is the 2010 recipient of the first American Political Science Association/CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation in Political Science and has received many other awards, including the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel for increasing the public's understanding of the law, the EDUCOM Medal and the Roman & Littlefield Prize for Teaching Innovation. In 2012, Dr. Goldman made the Fastcase 50: "the 50 most interesting, provocative and courageous leaders in the world of law, scholarship and legal technology". Through the Oyez multimedia Supreme Court archive project at oyez.org, he has brought the U.S. Supreme Court closer to everyone. Following undergraduate work at Brooklyn College, he completed his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University.

• Deborah Deborah

  Deborah J. Schildkraut is professor of political science at Tufts University. She is the author of Americanism in the Twenty-First Century: Public Opinion in the Age of Immigration (2011), Press "One" for English: Language Policy, Public Opinion, and American Identity (2005), and several other research articles. Her research focuses on the implications of the changing ethnic composition of the United States on public opinion in a variety of domains. Professor Schildkraut has received awards from the American Political Science Association for the best book published in the field of political psychology (2012) and for the best paper presented in the field of elections, public opinion, and voting behavior (2009). She has served on the Board of Overseers for the American National Election Study and as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation.

• Paul Manna

  Paul Manna is the Isabelle and Jerome E. Hyman Distinguished University Professor of Government at William & Mary, where he also is director of the Public Policy Program. His work focuses on American politics, policy implementation, federalism, bureaucracy and research methods. Dr. Manna is the author of SCHOOL'S IN: FEDERALISM AND THE NATIONAL EDUCATION AGENDA (2006) and COLLISION COURSE: FEDERAL EDUCATION POLICY MEETS STATE AND LOCAL REALITIES (2011) as well as co-editor of EDUCATION GOVERNANCE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: OVERCOMING THE STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO SCHOOL REFORM (2013). His public-facing scholarship includes partnering with The Wallace Foundation along with state governments and universities, local school districts and nongovernmental organizations to help develop excellent school principals across the U.S. states. After graduating with his B.A. in political science from Northwestern University, he taught social studies in his hometown public high school before earning his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin.

• Features discussion of the Trump presidency to date, as well as 2018 midterm election coverage and results.

• An all-new "#ChallengeAccepted" feature opens every chapter and asks students to consider a current topic related to the concepts being discussed. Each "challenge" ends with a critical-thinking question that deepens student engagement with the themes developed in the vignette. An accompanying challenge in MindTap is also included for each.

• Connecting current, real-world issues to the text's enduring themes, this edition provides an increased focus on recent political developments, including gay marriage, marijuana legalization, government surveillance, the impact of social media on political activity, gun control, immigration politics, education policy, net neutrality, campaign finance, and more.

• Bringing chapter concepts to life, the Enhanced 14th edition is packed with new art and all images are now numbered--enhancing navigation in both the print and digital versions of the text.

• THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY is available with MindTap, the online learning solution that equips students with a fully interactive ebook, automatically graded homework assignments, flashcards, online discussion boards and self-assessment tools. MindTap can be used out of the box or customized with your choice of YouTube videos, local or global RSS news feeds and your own content. MindTap is available on its own or for use in conjunction with the printed text. This online platform fosters engagement and critical thinking through inclusion of new scenario-based activities as well as Adaptive Test Prep, enabling students to practice mastery of course concepts, focusing on those they need the most help with.

• Continuing the text's emphasis on the theme of "Freedom, Order or Equality," a feature in each chapter highlights the tensions among these values and connects them to chapter concepts. Features offer insight into the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, the Black Lives Matter movement, the conservative movement, and much more.

• Each chapter includes a "Critical Thinking in Global Politics" feature that puts political issues in their international context.

• The 14th edition continues the theme focusing on the tensions between pluralist and majoritarian visions of democracy. Ensuring thorough student understanding, these models illustrate the dynamics of the American political system, including rising partisanship in Congress, the role of interest groups in policymaking, the ways in which public opinion does (or does not) shape public policy and the influence of money on a range of political processes.

• Maximizing study time, clearly defined learning outcomes are tightly integrated into each chapter to increase student comprehension and preparedness. Major chapter topics are organized around the numbered outcomes. Chapter summaries and review questions are correlated to the outcomes, which are reiterated in the summary and end-of-chapter quiz.

• Throughout the text, every vignette and feature ends with critical-thinking questions to promote consideration of the implications of the topic at hand.

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