Vital Statistics on American Politics
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Vital Statistics on American Politics

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eBook - ePub

Vital Statistics on American Politics

About this book

There is no other source that provides in one place the wide range and depth of insight found in Vital Statistics on American Politics (VSAP), published since 1988. VSAP provides historical and statistical information on all aspects of American politics:

  • Political parties
  • Voter turnout
  • Public opinion
  • Campaign finance
  • Media perspective and influence, congressional membership and voting patterns
  • The presidency and executive branch
  • Military policy and spending
  • Supreme Court and federal court make-up and caseloads
  • Foreign, social, and economic policy

In over 230 tables and figures, students and professional researchers will find chapters devoted to key subject areas such as elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, the three branches of U.S. government, foreign, military, social and economic policy, and much more. This book provides a vivid and multifaceted portrait of the broad spectrum of United States politics and policies.

Along with updated and new data content, this edition offers brand new data literacy lessons that take a "guide on the side" approach to teach data researchers how to wade through the sea of data and do the difficult work of grappling for the meaning of the data on their own. Lessons include understanding descriptive representation data, comparing data over time, noticing gaps in data, unpacking dichotomies of public opinion, and more.

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Yes, you can access Vital Statistics on American Politics by Jeffrey L. Bernstein,Amanda Shannon in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Political History & Theory. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Publisher Note
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Illustration List
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. About the Author
  11. 1 Elections and Political Parties
  12. 2 Campaign Finance and Political Action Committees
  13. 3 Public Opinion and Voting
  14. 4 The Media
  15. 5 Congress
  16. 6 The Presidency and Executive Branch
  17. 7 The Judiciary
  18. 8 Federalism
  19. 9 Foreign and Military Policy
  20. 10 Social policy
  21. 11 Economic Policy
  22. Appendix Definitions of Regions
  23. Index