For courses in American Government

See who gets what, when and how, in American politics
Revel(TM) Politics in America introduces students to the political struggles that drive democracy, examining the participants, the stakes, the processes, and the institutional arenas that comprise the power game of American politics. This pragmatic text is built around power and elite--mass conflict, and written from a centrist perspective. Using one of the classic definitions of politics -- "who gets what, when and how" -- as their unifying framework, authors Keith Gaddie and Thomas Dye focus on conflict and controversy, challenging students to think and talk about hot-button issues as they learn the basics of American government. The 2018 Elections and Updates Edition offers new narrative coverage of the major issues from today's headlines including the 2018 midterm elections, recent policy under the Trump administration, and the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
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About the Author: Keith Gaddie is Executive Faculty Fellow of the University, President's Associates Presidential Professor of Political Science and Journalism, Senior Fellow of Headington College, and Associate Director of the Center for Intelligence and National Security at the University of Oklahoma, where he regularly teaches the American Federal Government course. Since 2010, he has served as general editor of Social Science Quarterly. Author or coauthor of 23 books, he has been retained by corporations, trade associations, and state governments, and his work has been funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. Keith is also an award-winning radio broadcaster at NPR radio station KGOU (Norman, Oklahoma).

Thomas R. Dye, Emeritus McKenzie Professor of Government at Florida State University, regularly taught large introductory classes in American politics and has served as president of the Southern Political Science Association, president of the Policy Studies Organization, and secretary of the American Political Science Association. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Georgia, and he served as a visiting scholar at Bar-Ilan University, Israel; the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.; and elsewhere.