Politics in America, Texas Edition
ISBN: 9780136027249 | 0136027245
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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With a focus on competition for resources, this balanced, but provocative text uses Harold Laswell's classic definition of politics-"Who gets what, when, and how"-as a framework for presenting a clear, cohesive and stimulating introduction to the American political system. Thomas Dye, along with new co-author Bartholomew Sparrow, has written a lively and absorbing narrative examining the struggle for power that is American politics: the participants, the stakes, the processes, and the institutions. Numerous feature boxes explore timely issues, ... MORE
| Politics | |
| Politics: Who Gets What, When, and How | |
| Political Culture: Ideas in Conflict | |
| Constitution | |
| The Constitution: Limiting Governmental Power | |
| Federalism: Dividing Governmental Power | |
| Participants | |
| Opinion and Participation: Thinking and Acting in Politics | |
| Mass Media: Setting the Political Agenda | |
| Poli... MORE | |
| Campaigns and Elections: Deciding Who Governs | |
| Interest Groups: Getting Their Share and More | |
| Institutions | |
| Congress: Politics on Capitol Hill | |
| The President: White House Politics | |
| The Bureaucracy: Bureaucratic Politics | |
| Courts: Judicial Politics | |
| Outcomes | |
| Politics and Personal Liberty | |
| Politics and Civil Rights | |
| Politics and the Economy | |
| Politics and Social Welfare | |
| Politics and National Security | |
| Texas Politics | |
| The Social and Economic Milieu of Texas Politics | |
| The Texas Constitution | |
| Interest Groups, Political Parties, and Elections in Texas | |
| The Texas Legislature | |
| The Texas Executive Bureaucracy | |
| The Texas Judiciary | |
| Local Government in Texas: Cities, Towns, Counties, and Special Interests | |
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