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The Basics Of American Politics
ISBN: 9780321317957 | 0321317955
Edition: 12thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2006
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This brief, straight-forward introduction to American government has been a long-time student favorite because of its lively and no-nonsense approach to the basics and its continued inexpensive price. Using a dynamic game metaphor, the text covers four governmental and four nongovernmental players, as well as the constitutional and civil liberties rules of the game. It begins by defining politics and finding it in an unusual placethe classroom. It ends by examining rival theories of who wins and who loses in American politics. Written to engage... MORE
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| Chapter 1 What Is Politics? | 1 | (14) | |||
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| Chapter 2 The Constitution: Rules of the Game | 15 | (28) | |||
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| Chapter 3 The Executive Branch: The Presidency and Bureaucracy | 43 | (42) | |||
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| Chapter 4 The Legislative Branch: Congress | 85 | (38) | |||
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| Chapter 5 The Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court and the Federal Court System | 123 | (30) | |||
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| Chapter 6 Civil Rights and Liberties: Protecting the Players | 153 | (30) | |||
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| Chapter 7 Voters and Political Parties | 183 | (38) | |||
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| Chapter 8 Interest Groups and the Media | 221 | (34) | |||
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| Chapter 9 Who Wins, Who Loses: Pluralism Versus Elitism | 255 | (12) | |||
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| Appendix | 267 | (22) | |||
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| Glossary | 289 | (6) | |||
| Index | 295 |
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