The Challenge of Democracy

Students Enter Here

A new IDEAlog 9.0
with all new items in 2008

9th ed. Revised
State of Union Messages
Party Platforms Since 1840
Sept. 4, 2008 -- Full text of Republican and Democratic Platforms added to the party platforms

Ken Janda, Jerry Goldman, and Jeff Berry welcome you to uspolitics.org, the companion web site we've developed for the 9th Revised edition of our text, The Challenge of Democracy (2008). [The site still works for the 8th edition (2005) and for the 9th edition.]

In 2008, Cengage Learning purchased the Houghton Mifflin Company, which published all editions of our text from 1987 to 2008. Cengage, which will publish future editions, maintains its own web sites for instructors and students.

Our site is divided into three parts. The instructor side contains valuable material for innovative teachers. The student side contains a wealth of information: chapter synopses, annotated web links, computer programs, and more. About the text may interest either students or instructors. Please send comments and suggestions to cod@northwestern.edu.

Revision 8-27-08