For courses in American government

A result of time-tested scholarship, Government by the People gives a hopeful but realistic perspective on American government and emphasizes the role people play in our constitutional democracy.

Prentice Hall is extremely proud to publish the book that remains the most reliable, responsive, and respected text for use in colleges and universities in every state of the nation. For over 50 years, this is the book that has always remained one step ahead of all the others by anticipating your needs as an educator and your students' needs as learners. Now in its twenty-second edition, Government by the People continues this tradition.

We are entering a very complex political era and there is no better text poised to take students from being simple onlookers to knowledgeable participants in the American political experience. The level of scholarship of the Government by the People author team, as well as the way in which they treat each new edition as a fresh challenge, is clearly represented in this new edition.