New to this Edition

• New to this edition - Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Campaign - The American Democracy will publish in December 2008 to be used for Spring 2009 classes. All content has been updated and revised, and the new edition includes complete coverage of the 2008 Presidential campaign, election, and results.
• New to this edition - National Journal partnership! The nation's premiere political-insider information source, the National Journal, which services the DC political community of politicians, lobbyists, and think tanks, has teamed together with McGraw-Hill to create exclusive content for our American government texts. Brief articles from the National Journal follow each chapter.
• Thoroughly updated chapter on Media - Rewritten and reorganized from front to back, this chapter addresses the extraordinary changes taking place in the media—especially Internet-based communication—and includes a new section on how Americans use the media.
• A completely new design - A more modern, clean, and lively layout, with new full-page chapter opening photos.
• Correlation Guide:
  www.mhhe.com/mhcp/CorrelationGuides/CES_American_Government_3e.pdf
  This convenient guide matches the Chapters in Classic Edition Sources: American Government, 3/e with the corresponding Chapters in two of our best-selling McGraw-Hill Political Science textbooks by Thomas E. Patterson.

Features

• Historical Background icons - Coverage of historical background is seamlessly woven throughout the narrative and highlighted by marginal icons, providing readers with an historical perspective on events that have shaped politics today.
• "States in the Nation" feature - A long-time strength of the Patterson franchise, the "States in the Nation" feature illustrates political differences and similarities among states.
• "How the U.S. Compares" - A long-term strength of the Patterson franchise, these features in each chapter indicate how the U.S. system differs from other democracies on key dimensions such as their political party systems.