Theodore J. Lowi - American Government: A Brief Introduction (Sixteenth Edition)

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The Library of Congress has cataloged another edition as follows:

Names: Lowi, Theodore J., author. | Ginsberg, Benjamin, author. | Shepsle, Kenneth A., author. | Ansolabehere, Stephen, author.

Title: American government : power and purpose / Theodore J. Lowi, Late of Cornell University, Benjamin Ginsberg, Johns Hopkins University, Kenneth A. Shepsle, Harvard University, Stephen Ansolabehere, Harvard University.

Description: Sixteenth Edition. | New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020051031 | ISBN 9780393427691 (Paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: United StatesPolitics and governmentTextbooks.

Classification: LCC JK276 .L69 2021 | DDC 320.473dc23

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