Government Genre – What’s the best definition for the government genre? Books in the government nonfiction genre are about the pros and cons of government, their structures, and the ways they work. The books in this genre talk about the history, structure, operation, and development of governments around the world. They also explain political practices and organizations within a government and the political parties that influence and run them. The government genre can fit closely with the economic genre, because the two subjects are closely linked.
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Government Genre – Examples
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1. American Public Policy: Promise and Performance by B. Guy Peters
2. Colonial Constitutionalism: The Tyranny of United States’ Offshore Territorial Policy and Relations by E. Robert Statham Jr.
3. Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America by Morris P. Fiorina
4. Dynamics of the Party System: Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States by James L. Sundquist
5. Image Bite Politics: News and the Visual Framing of Elections by Maria Elizabeth Grabe
6. Mass Media and American Politics by Doris A. Graber
7. Party Politics in America by Marjorie Randon Hershey
8. Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries by Arend Lijphart
9. Political Behavior of the American Electorate, 12th by William H. Flanigan
10. Presidential Leadership: Politics and Policy Making by George C. Edwards III
11. Run: Your Personal Guide to Winning Public Office by Marian Walsh
12. State Legislatures Today: Politics Under the Domes by Peverill Squire
13. State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties by John C. Green
14. Stealth Democracy: Americans’ Beliefs About How Government Should Work by John R. Hibbing
15. The Color of Politics: Race and the Mainsprings of American Politics by Michael Goldfield
16. The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents, 1787-2008 by Michael Nelson
17. The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
18. The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable by John C. Hulsman
19. The Life of the Parties: A History of American Political Parties by A. James Reichley
20. The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion by John R. Zaller
21. The Parties Respond: Changes in American Parties and Campaigns by L. Sandy Maisel
22. The State of the States by Carl E. Van Horn
23. Theory and Methods in Political Science by David Marsh
24. What Americans Know about Politics and Why It Matters by Michael X. Delli Carpini
25. Why Parties?: The Origin and Transformation of Political Parties in America by John H. Aldrich
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Government Genre – Related Book Genres
* Current Affairs and Events Book Genre
* Finances and Money Book Genre
* General Nonfiction Book Genre
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