Finally-an undergraduate American Government text that fuses research design and substantive knowledge! Coherently integrating the study of American Government with social science analysis, the Frantzich and Ernst text teaches students how to do social science research in American Government. The Political Science Toolbox is an outstanding resource for American Government instructors interested in showing students how to produce knowledge about American Government rather than merely consume it.

- Bruce A. Larson, Gettysburg College,

The Political Science Toolbox is a fantastic new resource for students of American government. This one-of-a-kind text teaches students about American government by involving them in political inquiry. The work blends the substance of American politics with the tools of political science, and does it at a level that is well suited for undergraduates. Well-written and thoughtfully organized, the work is destined to become an indispensable resource for students. I wish it had been available when I was in college!

- Larry J. Sabato, director, University of Virginia Center for Politics and author of The Kenneday Half-Century,

The Political Science Toolbox is a breakthrough text book that will benefit students and professors of American government. It is rare to find a text that can both anchor an introductory politics course and explain the complexity of the science of politics without dumbing-down the critical material. The Toolbox combines the modern — by making use of useful Internet links - with the traditional — by emphasizing history, theory and methodology. It is much more than a introductory text to political science; It is the kind of book that students will use again and again throughout their college careers.

- Zach Messitte, Associate Professor and William J. Crowe Chair in Geopolitics at the University of Oklahoma,