American Political Dictionary

Since 1962, this text has served as a guide both to the rich technical language of political science and to the actual operation of the American political system. The AMERICAN POLITICAL DICTIONARY can serve as a supplement to other American government texts or as a study guide for examinations, as the chapters correspond to the organization of most textbooks.

Customer Reviews:

A Student Review of the American Political Dictionary

By Jonathan Gibson - May 15, 2000

As a student of American politics, I have found that this book is the most helpfull resource for finding, identifying, analyzing, and comparing every American political concept. From Article I of the Constitution to the 27th amendmant to The Americans with Disablitities Act of 1990 to Marbury v. Madison. This book is complete in every way. The format and layout of this book makes it easy to connect to other related concepts of American political culture by giving the student a coincise knowledge of our government. This book also greatly prepares the high school student for the United States Government and Politics AP exam. If you are looking for a great suplimental teaching and learning tool then look no further because this is it.

Great book on Poli Sci 101

By HAPPY GUY - October 11, 2012

I bought The American Political Dictionary by Plano and Greenburg for an Hispanic friend who didn't know the difference between the House of Representative and the Senate. I was surprised that the book had a least doubled in length since I taught in 1973, and the text was arranged by topic with a glossary to find terms instead of having all the entries arranged in alphabetical order. My amigo, however, said it was extremely easy to look up terms and find the desired information for his college course work. He was very pleased with the gift and said it really helped him a lot. Mucho gracias seniors Plano and Greenburg.