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American Politics : Core Argument/Current Controversy

by: Woolley, Peter J.; Papa, Albert R.; Woolley, Peter J.

American Politics : Core Argument/Current Controversy

by: Woolley, Peter J.; Papa, Albert R.; Woolley, Peter J.

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Edition: 1st
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Copyright: 01/01/1998
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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This book was designed to provide readers with the tools to be intelligent evaluators of American political dialogue.This collection of classic and contemporary readings exposes students/readers to the great arguments of American politics and helps them 1) learn how to arrange -- and rearrange -- facts, 2) identify the core arguments of public affairs, 3) evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various theories of American politics, and 4) apply those theories to current problems. Combining both core readings in political science and recent arguments on current controversies in each chapter, it shows the continuity of political debates over decades and centuries and requires students/readers to come to their own conclusions while evaluating evidence and arguing over theory.

Preface

PART ONE THE AMERICAN POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT

(108)

Chapter One Competing Theories of American Government

(29)

Core Readings

(16)

1. Albert R. Papa, "The Allure of Civics Book Democracy,"

(3)

2. Michael Parenti, "Class: America's Dirty Little Secret,"

(4)

3. C. Wright Mills, "The Power Elite,"

(3)

4. Thomas R. Dye and Harmon Zeigler, "The Irony of Democracy,"

(3)

5. Robert Dahl, "Who Governs?"

(3)

Current Controversy The Prospect of Direct Democracy

(7)

6. John Naisbitt, "From Representative Democracy to Participatory Democracy,"

(4)

7. Harvey Mansfield, "Perot vs. the Constitution,"

(3)

Chapter Two Political Culture and Ideology

(26)

Core Readings

(11)

8. John Locke, "Government as a Contract,"

(2)

9. Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America,"

(5)

10. Louis Hartz, "Natural Liberalism,"

(2)

11. Edward S. Greenberg, "Liberal Culture and Capitalist Society,"

(2)

Current Controversy Are American Values Unraveling?

(11)

12. Patrick J. Buchanan, "The Cultural War for the Soul of America,"

(3)

13. James Davison Hunter, "Anatomy of a Culture War,"

(3)

14. Peter J. Woolley, "Arguing from the Same Premises: The Ideology Is Intact,"

(5)

Chapter Three The Constitution and the Tradition of the Founders

(31)

Core Readings

(18)

15. James Harrington, "A System of Politics,"

(1)

16. Montesquieu, "Laws Establishing Political Liberty in a Constitution

(4)

17. James Madison, "Obliging the Government to Control Itself" (Federalist No. 51)

(3)

18. Charles Beard, "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution,"

(2)

19. John P. Roche, "A Reform Caucus in Action,"

(4)

20. Martin Diamond, "A Reconsideration of the Framers' Intent,"

(4)

Current Controversy Is It Time for a Constitutional Convention?

(9)

21. Kathleen M. Sullivan, "Constitutional Amendmentitis,"

(5)

22. Sanford Levinson, "A Constitutional Convention: Does the Left Fear Popular Sovereignty?"

(4)

Chapter Four The Tensions of Federalism

(22)

Core Readings

(9)

23. Patrick Henry, "We the States: Against a Consolidated National Government,"

(1)

24. James Madison, Federalist No. 39

(4)

25. Alexis de Tocqueville, "Why the Federal System Is Not Practicable for All Nations and How the Americans Were Able to Adopt It,"

(4)

Current Controversy Reinventing Federal Government

101

(8)

26. Newt Gingrich, "Report on the Contract with America,"

101

(4)

27. Kenneth R. Greene, "The Republican Revolution and Welfare Reform,"

105

(4)

PART TWO THE PROCESSES OF DEMOCRACY

109

(82)

Chapter Five Elections: Linchpin of Representative Democracy

109

(34)

Core Readings

112

(19)

28. Ruy Teixeira, "Will the Real Nonvoter Please Stand Up?"

112

(3)

29. Michael Schudson, "Voting Rites,"

115

(6)

30. Adlai E. Stevenson, "Selling Politicians Like Breakfast Cereal,"

121

(1)

31. Peter Goldman, Tom DeFrank, Mark Miller, Andrew Murr, and Tom Mathews, "The Unseen Opponent of George Bush,"

122

(3)

32. John F. Kennedy, "In Defense of the Electoral College,"

125

(6)

Current Controversy The Media and Elections: Friend, Foe, or Fake?

131

(12)

33. Spiro T. Agnew, "The Nattering Nabobs of Negativism,"

131

(2)

34. Douglas Davis, "Myth One: Television Elects Our Presidents,"

133

(5)

35. Thomas Patterson, "The Failed Institution,"

138

(5)

Chapter Six Political Parties: Linchpin of Lead Weight?

143

(21)

Core Readings

146

(8)

36. George Washington, "The Scourge of Parties,"

146

(1)

37. James Madison, "The Necessity of Political Parties,"

147

(1)

38. Albert R. Papa, "Inevitable Losers: The Problem of Presidential Selection,"

147

(3)

39. Larry J. Sabato, "When Parties Lose, Who Wins?"

150

(4)

Current Controversy Whither the Two Parties?

154

(10)

40. Jeff Faux, "The Myth of the New Democrat,"

154

(6)

41. David Frum, "Dead Right,"

160

(4)

Chapter Seven Interest Groups: Democratic Duty or the Devil's Work?

164

(27)

Core Readings

167

(16)

42. James Madison, Federalist No. 10

167

(2)

43. E. E. Schattschneider, "Scope and Bias of the Pressure System

169

(3)

44. Theodore Lowi, "Interest Group Liberalism,"

172

(3)

45. Christopher J. Bosso, "The Two Earth Days,"

175

(3)

46. Kristen Luker, "The Abortion Activists,"

178

(5)

Current Controversy Curbing Political Action Committees: Can We? Should We?

183

(8)

47. Philip M. Stern, "The PAC Primer,"

183

(4)

48. Larry J. Sabato, "PACs and Electoral Reform,"

187

(4)

PART THREE GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS

191

(106)

Chapter Eight Congress: A Question of Representation

191

(29)

Core Readings

194

(13)

49. Edmund Burke, "The Trusteeship Theory of Representation,"

194

(1)

50. Richard F. Fenno, "Perceptions of Constituency,"

194

(4)

51. David Mayhew, "Congress: The Electoral Connection,"

198

(4)

52. Roger Davidson and Walter Oleszek, "Congress Against Itself,"

202

(2)

53. Stanley Berard, "Parties and Constituencies in Congress: The Case of Southern Democrats,"

204

(3)

Current Controversy Term Limits and the Concept of Representation

207

(13)

54. John Fund, "Term Limitations: An Idea Whose Time Has Come,"

207

(5)

55. Steven Stark, "Too Representative Government,"

212

(8)

Chapter Nine The Presidency: A Question of Leadership

220

(28)

Core Readings

223

(20)

56. Alexander Hamilton, "Energy in the Executive," (Federalist No. 70)

223

(1)

57. William Howard Taft, "Buchanan Presidents, Lincoln Presidents, and Taft Presidents,"

224

(2)

58. James Bryce, "Why Great Men Are Not Chosen President,"

226

(2)

59. Richard Neustadt, "Leader or Clerk?"

228

(3)

60. Charles R. Morris, "It's Not the Economy, Stupid,"

231

(5)

61. James David Barber, "The Presidential Character,"

236

(7)

Current Controversy The Line Item Veto

243

(5)

62. Robert Spitzer, "The Item Veto Reconsidered,"

243

(5)

Chapter Ten Bureaucracy: Responding to Whom?

248

(20)

Core Readings

252

(9)

63. Herbert Spencer, "The Coming Slavery,"

252

(2)

64. Upton Sinclair, "The Jungle,"

254

(3)

65. Norton E. Long, "Bureaucracy and Constitutionalism: A Pluralist Case,"

257

(2)

66. James Q. Wilson, "Bureaucracy and the American Regime,"

259

(2)

Current Controversy What to Do About Bureaucracy?

261

(7)

67. Ronald Reagan, "The Case Against Big Government,"

261

(3)

68. Charles T. Goodsell, "The Case for Bureaucracy,"

264

(4)

Chapter Eleven The Judiciary: A Question of Legitimacy

268

(29)

Core Readings

271

(19)

69. Alexander Hamilton, "The Least Dangerous Branch" (Federalist No.78)

271

(2)

70. Brutus, "The Judiciary's Power to Mold the Government,"

273

(2)

71. James B. Thayer, "The Doctrine of Judicial Review,"

275

(1)

72. John Roche, "Judicial Self-Restraint,"

276

(5)

73. Susan Estrich and Kathleen Sullivan, "Abortion and the States,"

281

(4)

74. David Bryden, "A Conservative Case for Judicial Activism,"

285

(5)

Current Controversy Judicial Appointments

290

(7)

75. Stephen Carter, "The Confirmation Mess,"

290

(4)

76. Randall Kennedy, "The Political Court,"

294

(3)

PART FOUR AMERICAN POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY

297

(64)

Chapter Twelve Civic Rights and Liberties

297

(18)

Core Readings

300

(11)

77. John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty,"

300

(2)

78. Thomas Jefferson, "The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom,"

302

(1)

79. Frederick Douglass, "What to a Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

303

(3)

80. Benjamin DeMott, "The Trouble with Friendship,"

306

(3)

81. "Seneca Falls Declaration,"

309

(2)

Current Controversy Science and the Law: Who Decides?

311

(4)

82. John Antolik, "The Jury and Science: A Journey into the Unknown,"

311

(4)

Chapter Thirteen Government and the Economy

315

(26)

Core Readings

318

(15)

83. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., "Labor and Capital-Partners,"

318

(3)

84. Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Redefining the Contract,"

321

(7)

85. Steven E. Schier, "Deficits Without End,"

328

(3)

86. Marjorie Deane and Robert Pringle, "A Huddle of Central Bankers,"

331

(2)

Current Controversy In Whose Interest NAFTA?

333

(8)

87. Thomas R. Donahue, "NAFTA: For the Benefit of Powerful Elites,"

333

(3)

88. Philip A. Mundo, "The NAFTA Debate: High Stakes Politics and Economic Change,"

336

(5)

Chapter Fourteen American Foreign Policy

341

(20)

Core Readings

314

(41)

89. George Washington, "The Mischiefs of Foreign Intrigue-And the Impostures of Pretended Patriotism,"

344

(2)

90. George F. Kennan, "What's Wrong with American Diplomacy,"

346

(3)

91. Eleanor Roosevelt, "What I Think of the United Nations,"

349

(3)

92. Ronald Steel, "The Domestic Core of Foreign Policy,"

352

(3)

Current Controversy The Next Clash of History

355

(6)

93. Anthony James Joes, "The `Clash of Civilizations' and Its Critics: A Review Essay,"

355

(6)

APPENDIXES EXCERPTED SUPREME COURT CASES

361

Appendix One Judicial Process and Power

361

(12)

Marbury v. Madison

361

(3)

McCullough v. Maryland

364

(3)

U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton

367

(6)

Appendix Two Freedom of Speech

373

(11)

Schenck v. United States

373

(1)

Texas v. Johnson

374

(3)

Engel v. Vitale

377

(3)

Lynch v. Donnelly

380

(4)

Appendix Three Criminal Justice

384

(10)

Gideon v. Wainwright

384

(2)

Miranda v. Arizona

386

(3)

Furman v. Georgia

389

(2)

McCleskey v. Kemp

391

(3)

Appendix Four Civil Rights

394

(10)

Brown v. Board of Education

394

(2)

Craig v. Boren

396

(2)

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan

398

(2)

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

400

(4)

Appendix Five Privacy

404

(12)

Griswold v. Connecticut

404

(5)

Roe v. Wade

409

(3)

Bowers v. Hardwick

412

(4)

Appendix Six Competing Theories of American Government

416

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