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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 321 EAN: 9780321345448 Edition: 4 ISBN: 0321345444 Label: Longman Manufacturer: Longman Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 576 Publication Date: December 17, 2004 Publisher: Longman Studio: Longman Related Items:
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 Rating:  - ClarificationIn response to the review posted above, this book was actually primarily written by Morris P. Fiorina, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. The Hoover Institution based at Stanford University is the predominate conservative academic thinktank in the United States, so to claim that the book was written by "ivory tower liberals" is a completely unfounded assumption. Rating:  - Terrible book, full of bias and gross errorsThe online portion of this book actually urges students to join a political advocacy organization, Common Cause. While I have nothing against that particular organization, I do have a problem with the authors/publishers urging our kids to join it as part of a required textbook for courses taught in a public universities. As an example of bias, the authors make the claim, in the textbook, that no one can support the logic of being against abortion and for the death penalty. Nevermind ... Read More Rating: - a wonderful introductionThis book is amazing. I've read all but the last 3 or so chapters, which appear to be the most interesting. Fiorina et al manage to explain pretty much everything from madison to civil liberties to the constitution to important supreme court decisions. If you ever thought American history was boring, then you haven't read this book. It's fairly objective although through wording its clear that preferences exist. Nonetheless, all information is TRUE and accurate, and it's written almost as ... Read More 
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