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Party Politics In America- (Value Pack w/MySearchLab)

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I teach Political Science at a liberal arts college, and have used the 13th edition of this text for two semesters in my Parties & Elections course. I find it to be an excellent text. As the title suggests, the book focuses on political parties (rather than elections), covering "party in government," "party organization," and "party in the electorate" thoroughly. That said, Party Politics in America goes beyond parties to discuss material more relevant to elections as well: It includes two chapters on nominations, one chapter on the general election, and a chapter on campaign finance. The "party in the electorate" section also does a great job covering electoral behavior. So that's professor's perspective; I should add that my students also seem to enjoy the text. It's informative while also being kind of fun. The one problem with the 13th edition is that, although copyrighted in 2009, it doesn't make it to the 2008 general election; the updated 14th edition, which I adopted for my fall course, does.

Book was received on time and in great condition.Thank You!! Book was received on time and in great condition.Thank You!!

I'm currently reading this textbook for a college-level political science course and I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed. One could easily challenge many of the underlying assumptions that form the "substance" of Hershey's text. It seems that the author has done little beyond manipulate a lot of the stereotypes associated with political parties. For example, if there are millions of people in America, who (as she claims) were indoctrinated by their parents or school into a political party by elementary school age, then I certainly don't know any...

I received this book in a short time period. I think it was less than a week after I purchased it with standard shipping. The book was in perfect condition when I received it and I will definately purchase more books from this person/company again. I also encourage anyone who sees this comment to also purchase books from them as well.