Christine Barbour

Broschiertes Buch

Amgov

Long Story Short

Beschreibung

"AmGov-Is That Even a Word? Well, in case it isn't obvious, AmGov is short for American government. The story of American government is a very long one indeed. Someday you should read it all-when you have time and the leisure to do a deep dive into the amazing story that is the history of the United States. The truth is that the American story is awe-inspiring. Not perfect (not even close), but awe-inspiring, even if it doesn't feel that way sometimes. Our origin story-which includes the horror of slavery and the racism that made slavery possible-continues today, built into the fabric of our society. Women still fight to be taken seriously and to reach the upper echelons of power. The talking heads on TV make us want to scream, and it seems like our elected officials care more about their big donors or their big egos than they do about us. These days it can seem more like we are the divided states of America than the opposite. And yet ... a quick look around the world shows that we have the ability to push back, the freedom to try to change things, to voice our disgust and frustration, to resist the power that seems unjust. There is something about the United States that has drawn people from around the world to build a richly diverse and prosperous nation. From its birth, the U.S. Constitution has been a magnet and a promise of a more free and prosperous life"-- Provided by publisher.

Autor

Christine Barbour teaches in the Political Science Department at Indiana University, and directs the department's IU POLS DC internship program. She is a faculty liaison for the University's dual-credit program, which delivers an online version of her Intro to American Politics class to high school students across the state. At Indiana, Professor Barbour has been a Lilly Fellow, working on a project to increase student retention in large introductory courses, and a member of the Freshman Learning Project, a university-wide effort to improve the first-year undergraduate experience. She has served on the New York Times College Advisory Board, working with other educators to develop ways to integrate newspaper reading into the undergraduate curriculum. She has won multiple teaching honors, but the two awarded by her students mean the most to her: the Indiana University Student Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Faculty and the Indiana University Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Brown Derby Award. When not teaching or writing textbooks, Professor Barbour enjoys traveling with her coauthor, blogging about food and travel, and playing with her dogs and cat. She contributes to Bloom Magazine of Bloomington and is a coauthor several cookbooks. She also makes jewelry from precious metals and rough gemstones. If she ever retires, she will open a jewelry shop in a renovated Airstream on the beach in Apalachicola, Florida, where she plans to write another cookbook and a book about the local politics, development, and fishing industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 822g
• ISBN-13: 9781071930045
• ISBN-10: 1071930044
• Artikelnr.: 72183436