Picture Yourself …
Students are invited to consider what it would be like to experience some aspect of the political system of another country or of the U.S. at another period of time or from a particular vantage point in order to fully understand and appreciate that aspect of government in the United States. Students can imagine, for example, being a citizen of Venezuela trying to figure out what to do when there are two persons claiming to be the lawful president.
Consequences for Democracy
These chapter-ending sections pull together the historical and comparative perspectives that help students understand the distinctive features of American politics as well as the common features of democracy. For example, U.S. political parties are more decentralized than those in many other nations—partly because of our electoral system and partly because of a long history of party reform, starting with the Progressive Movement—making it more difficult for Congress to take action on social and economic problems.
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