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The list below represents examples of textbooks that meet the curricular requirements of AP United States Government and Politics. The list below is not exhaustive and the texts listed should not be regarded as endorsed, authorized, recommended, or approved by the College Board. Not using a book from this list does not mean that a course will not receive authorization. Syllabi submitted as part of the AP Course Audit process will be evaluated holistically, with textbooks considered along with supplementary, supporting resources to confirm that the course as a whole provides students with the content delineated in the curricular requirements of the AP Course Audit. For discussions of the usefulness of these texts and other teaching materials in the AP U.S. Government and Politics classroom, please consult the Teachers' Resources section of AP Central.
 Teachers' Resources
The AP United States Government and Politics Development Committee encourages the use of the most recent edition of a given text. A college-level government and politics course must be able to cover both new developments in research and current events. The Committee feels that textbooks that are more than one presidential election cycle old will not prepare students well for college-level learning, and will need to be carefully supplemented with additional materials.
Burns, James MacGregor, et al. Government by the People. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice
Hall.
Edwards, George C., Robert L. Lineberry, and Martin P. Wattenberg. Government in America:
People, Politics, and Policy. New York: Longman.
Ginsberg, Benjamin, Theodore J. Lowi, Margaret Weir. We the People: An Introduction to
American Politics. New York: W. W. Norton.
Greenberg, Edward S., and Benjamin I. Page. Struggle for Democracy. New York: Longman.
Janda, Kenneth, Jeffrey M. Berry, and Jerry Goldman. The Challenge of Democracy. Evanston,
IL: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin.
Kernell, Samuel, and Gary C. Jacobson. The Logic of American Politics. Washington, DC: CQ
Press.
Lowi, Theodore J., and Benjamin Ginsburg. American Government: Freedom and Power. New
York: W. W. Norton.
Lowi, Theodore J., Benjamin Ginsberg, and Kenneth A. Shepsle. American Government: Power
and Purpose. New York: W. W. Norton.
Magleby, David B., et al. Government by the People. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
O'Connor, Karen, and Larry J. Sabato. American Government: Continuity and Change. New
York: Longman.
Patterson, Thomas E. The American Democracy, with PowerWeb. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Schmidt, Steffen W., Mack C. Shelley, and Barbara A. Bardes. American Government and
Politics Today. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
Shea, Daniel M., Joanne Connor Green, and Christopher E. Smith. Living Democracy. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Welch, Susan, et al. American Government. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
Wilson, James Q., and John J. DiLulio Jr. American Government: Institutions and Policies.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
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