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Barron's AP U.S. Government and Politics | 
 enlarge | Author: Curt Lader
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 26373
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 456
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0764138200
Dewey Decimal Number: 320.473076
EAN: 9780764138201
ASIN: 0764138200
Publication Date: February 1, 2008
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Product Description
This manuals general review of U.S. government and politics is specifically focused to reflect the most-often-asked questions on recent Advanced Placement exams. Topics covered include Constitutional development, the branches and institutions of the federal government, political parties and processes, special interest groups, the media, bureaucracy, and public policy issues as they relate to the economy, the federal budget, social welfare, the environment and energy, and foreign policy and the national defense. Two full-length model exams follow the manuals subject review, and come with answer keys.
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 Weird and harder? September 18, 2008
The advantage of using any Barron's book is that the problems in it are a lot harder than those you'll see on the actual exam. Review books are not meant to be textbooks, so they will give a general overview of the course. After 14 AP exams so far (7 more this year), I've never walked into an exam where College Board's questions were harder than Barron's.
 Find a better book. May 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The details from the publisher appropriately say "general review" because it is SO general. The details of US government that you really need for this test are absent from the review (come on, it's an AP test, they're looking for college-level understanding) and the review questions at the end of each chapter and the practice tests are completely based on almost word for word the book material and were so much weirder/harder than the actual test. I don't think this book helped me at all for the test, and unfortunately I had to buy it for class anyway or I never would've wasted my money.
I think if you want a 3 on the test- review only with this book. If you want a 4/5 use your textbook extensively (like I did) or get a much better book.
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