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American Government : Institutions and Policies
ISBN: 9780618713974 | 0618713972
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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This popular brief edition text for the one-semester or one-quarter American Government course maintains the framework of Wilson's complete text, emphasizing the historical development of the American political system, who governs, and to what end. The Eighth Edition features thoroughly updated examples, figures, and tables and coverage through the 2006 mid-term elections.
| What Should We Know About American Government | |
| The Meanings of Democracy | |
| Representative Democracy | |
| The Puzzles of American Government | |
| The Constitution | |
| The Problem of Liberty | |
| Human Nature | |
| The Real Revolution | |
| The Articles of Confederation | |
| The Constitutional Convention | |
| The Lesson... MORE | |
| The Framers | |
| The Challenge | |
| Large States Versus | |
| Small States | |
| The Compromise | |
| The Constitution and Democracy | |
| Two Key Principles: Separation of Powers and Federalism | |
| Government and Human Nature | |
| The Constitution and Liberty | |
| The Constitution and Slavery | |
| Political Ideals or Economic Interests | |
| Liberty and Equality A Recipe for Moderation | |
| Civil Liberties Making Constitutional Rights | |
| Apply to the States | |
| Why Are Americans So Preoccupied with Rights | |
| Freedom of Expression Church and State | |
| Crime and Due Process | |
| Terrorism and Civil Liberties | |
| Civil Rights Race and "Strict Scrutiny" | |
| Sex and "Reasonable Classifications" | |
| Sexual Harassment Privacy and Sex | |
| Federalism Governmental | |
| Structure Federalism: Good or Bad | |
| The Founding The History of Federalism | |
| The Division of Powers: Federal and State | |
| Fiscal Federalism | |
| Federal Aid and Federal Control | |
| Federalism and Public Policy | |
| Evaluating Federalism | |
| Public Opinion and the Media | |
| What Is Public Opinion | |
| Why Do We Distrust the Federal Government | |
| The Origins of Political Attitudes | |
| Cleavages in Public Opinion | |
| Political Ideology | |
| The Impact of the Media | |
| The Structure of the Media | |
| Rules Governing the Media | |
| Government and the News | |
| Interpreting Political News | |
| Are News Stories Slanted | |
| Political Parties and Interest Groups | |
| Parties--Here and Abroad | |
| The National Party Structure | |
| Today State and Local Parties | |
| The Two-Party System Nominating a Preside | |
| Do the Parties Differ | |
| Interest Groups | |
| Kinds of Organizations | |
| Funds for Interest Groups | |
| The Problem of Bias | |
| The Activities of Interest Groups | |
| Regulating Interest Groups | |
| Campaigns and Elections | |
| Political Participation Historical Voting | |
| Patterns Explaining--and Improving-Turnout | |
| Political Campaigns | |
| The Effects of Campaigns | |
| How to Win the Election | |
| Election Outcomes Modern Technology and Political Campaigns | |
| Elections and Money | |
| The Effects of Elections on Policy | |
| Congress The Evolution of Congress | |
| Who Is in Congress | |
| Getting Elected to Congress | |
| The Organization of Congress: Parties and Interests | |
| The Organization of Congress: Committees | |
| The Organization of Congress: Staffs and Specialized Offices | |
| How a Bill Becomes a Law | |
| How Members of Congress Vote | |
| A Polarized Congress in an Unpolarized Nation | |
| What It All Means Ethics and Congress | |
| The Power of Congress | |
| The Presidency | |
| The Powers of the President | |
| The Evolution of the Presidency | |
| The Modern Presidency | |
| Who Gets Appointed Presidential Character | |
| The Power to Say No | |
| The President's Program | |
| Presidential Transitions | |
| The President and Public Policy | |
| The Bureaucracy | |
| Distinctiveness of the American Bureaucracy | |
| The Growth of the Bureaucracy | |
| The Federal Bureaucracy | |
| Today Congressional Oversight | |
| Bureaucratic "Pathologies" Reinventing Government | |
| The Judiciary | |
| The Development of the Federal Courts | |
| The Structure of the Federal Courts | |
| The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts | |
| Getting to Court | |
| The Supreme Court in Action | |
| The Power of the Courts Checks on Judicial Power | |
| Making Domestic Policy | |
| The Economy Taxes | |
| Spending Subsidies Regulations | |
| Making Policy Decisions | |
| What These Political Differences Mean | |
| Making Foreign and Military Policy | |
| Kinds of Foreign Policy | |
| The Constitutional Framework | |
| The New International World | |
| Three Major Problems | |
| The Politics of Foreign and Military Policy | |
| American Government: Continuity and Change | |
| Restraints on Growth Relaxing the Restraints | |
| How the American System | |
| Affects Policymaking | |
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