We the People

Fifteenth Essentials Edition

1 July 2025

Territory Rights — Worldwide.

Description

The #1 book for American government, now even more interactive

Building on We the People’s focus on the citizen’s role, why participation matters, and the influence of gender, class, race, and ethnicity in American politics, the Fifteenth Edition delivers new ways for students to understand and participate in politics. New chapter-opening author videos in the Norton Illumine Ebook draw students in with engaging personal stories and explain the learning objectives. New interactive features invite students to engage with data and understand the role of participation and representation in American politics. Check Your Understanding questions with feedback for each major section in the ebook help students retain what they’ve read, while InQuizitive helps students master and apply key concepts.

Digital Teaching and Learning Tools

Norton Illumine E-Book

The Norton Illumine Ebook enhances students’ reading and learning experience. Engaging features illustrate and reinforce core concepts for all students in a supportive, accessible, and low-stakes environment. Check Your Understanding questions with rich answer-specific feedback break chapters up into smaller sections and help ensure students understand each section they’ve read.

2024 Digital Election Supplement Ebook

A new 2024 digital election supplement provides extensive and accurate coverage of the election, including more up-to-date data and results. Written by Benjamin Ginsberg and election expert Caroline Tolbert, this supplement gives students the context of the 2024 elections, highlights the pivotal issues, examines each party's campaign strategies, analyses the results, and discusses the implications for the future of American politics and government.

InQuizitive

InQuizitive is Norton’s easy-to-use adaptive learning tool that personalises the learning experience for students, helping them to learn—and retain—key learning objectives. Through a variety of question types, answer-specific feedback, and elements such as the ability to adjust their confidence level for each question, students are motivated to keep working until they’ve learned the concepts. As a result, students arrive better prepared for class, giving you more time for discussion and activities.

Simulations

Each chapter includes a short simulation that allows students to inhabit the roles of various political actors to help them better understand political decision-making.

Purchase Options

Print

9781324085454

157 x 231 mm • 640 pages

Paperback

Access to ebook and learning tools included in bind-in card

£75.00

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Standalone Ebook

9781324085485

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£35.00

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Interactive Ebook and Norton Learning Tools

9781324085539

  • Norton Illumine E-Book
  • 2024 Digital Election Supplement Ebook
  • InQuizitive
  • Simulations

£35.00

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