This introductory American Politics textbook highlights political controversies and debates that make politics compelling and shows that politics has the potential – against formidable odds – to solve crucial public problems. What are the conditions in which America – and other countries – can promote justice and prevent tyranny? What are the obstacles to positive change? And importantly, what are ways in which citizens can get involved?This book explores the American poli...

Despite the velocity and scale of the cumulative changes of immigrant integration and receptivity infrastructures in fast growing regions of the United States, less research has focused on the new and evolving experiences in these regions in recent years. Editors Paul N. McDaniel and Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez and the contributors in Integration and Receptivity in Immigrant Gateway Metro Regions in the United States fill this gap through case studies of different types of immigrant...