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American Government
ISBN: 9780618942619 | 0618942610
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 12/6/2007
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Distinguished by its myth versus reality framework, American Government encourages students to confront their preconceptions about American government and to think critically about the U.S. political system. Up-to-date coverage includes the 2006 mid-term elections, the Supreme Court, domestic and international policy, and economic and social welfare.Extensively updated, this edition features a sixteen-page, full-color "Year in Review" insert of the most captivating news stories and powerful images from The Associated Press. This dynamic text will engage your students and foster critical thinking about the stories that shape our nation.
| Myth and Reality in American Politics | |
| Myths and American Government | |
| The Nature of Government and Politics | |
| Fundamental Issues of Government and Politics | |
| Overview of This Book | |
| Constitutional Foundations | |
| The Setting for Constitutional Change | |
| The Framers | |
| The Roots of the Constitution | |
| What the Framers Did... MORE | |
| Conclusion: Living, Enduring, and Political | |
| Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations | |
| The Evolution of American Federalism | |
| The Actors of American Federalism | |
| Conclusion: The Principles and Pragmatism of Federalism | |
| The Heritage of Rights and Liberties | |
| Applying the Bill of Rights to the States | |
| The First Amendment Freedoms Due Process and Crime Privacy | |
| Equal Protection of the Laws Conclusion: Absolutes and Qualifications | |
| Public Opinion and Political Participation | |
| What Is Public Opinion | |
| How We Develop Our Beliefs and Opinions | |
| How Polls Work | |
| The Paradox of Public Opinion Group Opinion | |
| Diversity and Uniformity Avenues of Political Participation | |
| Conclusion: Many Minorities, Much Activity | |
| Political Parties | |
| What Parties Are and What They Do Who Belongs to Major Parties and Why | |
| American-Style Politics: The Two-Party System | |
| Party Structure from the Bottom Up | |
| Conclusion: Decline or Transformation of Political Parties | |
| Campaigns and Elections Nominations | |
| The Selection Process | |
| The Race for Office | |
| The Media and Campaigns | |
| Are We Brainwashed | |
| Campaigns and Political Parties | |
| Voting and Elections | |
| The Electoral College Promises, Promises | |
| The Link Between Campaigns and Public Policy | |
| Conclusion: Do Elections Matter | |
| Interest Groups Movers and Shakers | |
| Interest and Other Advocacy Groups | |
| What Makes an Interest Group | |
| Powerful Interest Group | |
| Tactics: "You Don't Lobby with Hundred-Dollar Bills and Wild Parties" | |
| Interest Groups and Democracy | |
| Conclusion: Corrupt or Constructive | |
| Media And Politics | |
| The Rise of the Media Making News | |
| The Effects of the Mass Media | |
| The Uneasy Alliance Between Government and the Media | |
| Conclusion: The Great Manipulator | |
| Congress A Portrait of Congress | |
| The Work of Congress | |
| The Organization of Congress How a Bill Becomes a Law Congressional Voting | |
| Conclusion: Is Congress the Broken Branch | |
| The Presidency | |
| The Growth of the Presidency | |
| Presidential Roles | |
| The Institutional Presidency | |
| The White House Office: Two Management Styles | |
| Presidential Influence | |
| Conclusion: The All-Powerful President | |
| Bureaucracy A Profile of the Federal Bureaucracy | |
| Growth of the American Bureaucracy | |
| Bureaucratic Power | |
| Bureaucratic Problems and Reforms | |
| Conclusion: Expectations and Government Operations | |
| Courts, Judges, and the Law | |
| The Origins and Types of American Law | |
| The Structure of the Court Systems | |
| The Federal and State Court Systems | |
| Recruiting and Removing Judges | |
| The Supreme Court at Work | |
| The Implementation of Court Decisions | |
| Conclusion: The Courts Are Not What They Seem | |
| Domestic Policy and Policymaking Making | |
| Public Policy | |
| Education Policy | |
| Managing the Economy | |
| Economic Development Policies | |
| Regulatory Policies | |
| Social Welfare Policies | |
| Conclusion: The Complexity of American Public Policy | |
| Foreign and Defense Policy | |
| Changing Parameters of Foreign and Defense Policies | |
| Vulnerability in Historical Perspective | |
| Making Foreign and Defense Policy | |
| Wielding Democratic Power | |
| Military and Defense Strategies | |
| Conclusion: The Reshaping of Foreign and Defense Policy | |
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