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"Any short list of major analyses of Congress must of necessity include David Mayhew’s Congress: The Electoral Connection." —Fred Greenstein In this second edition to a book that has achieved canonical status, David R. Mayhew argues that the principal motivation of legislators is reelection and that the pursuit of this goal affects the way they behave and the way that they make public policy. In a new foreword for this edition, R. Douglas Arnold discusses why the book revolutionized the study of Congress and how it has stood the test of time.

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REA's AP Microeconomics Crash Course is the first book of its kind for the last-minute studier or any AP student who wants a quick refresher on the course. /Written by an AP Microeconomics teacher, the targeted review chapters prepare students for the test by only focusing on the important topics tested on the AP Microeconomics exam. /The easy-to-read review chapters in outline format cover everything AP students need to know for the exam: basic economic concepts, consumer choice theory, supply and demand, production and costs, and more. The author also includes must-know key terms all AP students should know before test day. /With our Crash Course, students can study the subject faster, learn the crucial material, and boost their AP score all in less time. The author provides key strategies for answering the multiple-choice questions, so students can build their point scores and get a 5!

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