American Government

Power & Purpose

Eighteenth Edition

1 July 2025

Territory Rights — Worldwide.

Description

The gold standard analytical approach, reimagined for today’s students

With its star-powered scholar author team, led by the newest co-author Hahrie Han, and innovative Five Principles of Politics Framework, Power and Purpose prepares students to analyze contemporary politics in the book and in the real world. Hahrie Han brings the collective action principle into focus, with expanded coverage in the Eighteenth Edition. The Norton Illumine Ebook's new Check Your Understanding questions, together with InQuizitive, engage students in applying the Five Principles framework to American politics.

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 offers dynamic online coverage that goes beyond the results to provide engaging and interactive exploration of the issues and events that motivated voters and looks at what the results will mean for the next two years. Written by author Steve Ansolabehere, a veteran of the CBS News Election Decision Desk and the director of the Cooperative Congressional Election Study, this expanded narrative is accompanied by images, figures and tables, and other media to help students apply the Five Principles of Politics to the results.

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.

Timeplot Exercises

Timeplot exercises connect quantitative data to the historical development of key aspects of American politics. Each Timeplot exercise offers assessment on the feature, cultivating students’ data literacy as well as their understanding of important historical trends in American government.

Simulations

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

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9781324088196

180 x 231 mm • 1016 pages

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Interactive Ebook and Norton Learning Tools

9781324088264

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

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