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Cengage Advantage Books: The Irony of Democracy An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics

by: Dye, Thomas R.; Zeigler, Harmon

Cengage Advantage Books: The Irony of Democracy An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics

by: Dye, Thomas R.; Zeigler, Harmon

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9780534601669
ISBN 10:
0534601669
Edition: 13th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/11/2005
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

1. The Irony of Democracy. 2. The Founding Fathers: The Nation's First Elite. 3. The Evolution of American Elites. 4. Elites in America. 5. Masses in America. 6. Elite-Mass Communication. 7. Political Parties and Ideologies. 8. Elections, Money, and the Myths of Democracy. 9. Organized Interests: Defenders of the Status Quo. 10. The Presidency. 11. The Bureaucratic Elite. 12. Congress: The Legislative Elite. 13. Courts: Elites in Black Robes. 14. American Federalism: Elites in States and Communities. 15. Elite Response to Mass Protest. 16. Public Policy: How Elites Make Decisions. Epilogue: What Can Students Do? Appendix: The Constitution of the United States of America. Index.

To the Student

To the Instructor

xvii

The Irony of Democracy

(22)

The Meaning of Elitism

(3)

The Meaning of Democracy

(1)

Elitism in a Democracy

(5)

Focus: Mass Distrust of America's Elite

(3)

The Meaning of Pluralism

(2)

How Elitism and Pluralism Differ

(1)

Elite and Mass Threats to Democracy

(6)

Focus: Mass Views of Elite Governance

(1)

Focus: Terrorism's Threat to Democracy

(2)

An Elitist Theory of Democracy

(3)

Notes

(1)

Selected Readings

(1)

The Founding Fathers: The Nation's First Elite

(34)

Elites and Masses in the New Nation

(1)

Elite Preferences: Inspiration for a New Constitution

(4)

Formation of a National Elite

(4)

Elite Consensus in 1787

(2)

An Elite in Operation: Conciliation and Compromise

(4)

The Constitution as Elitist Document

(5)

Elitism and the Structure of the National Government

(6)

Focus: James Madison: Suppressing Majority ``Factions''

(2)

Ratification: An Exercise in Elite Political Skills

(7)

Summary

(1)

Notes

(1)

Selected Readings

(3)

The Evolution of American Elites

(32)

Hamilton and the Nation's First Public Policies

(2)

Focus: Mass Ignorance of American Political History

(1)

Rise of the Jeffersonians

(2)

Republicans in Power: The Stability of Public Policy

(2)

Rise of the Western Elites

(1)

Elite Cleavage: The Civil War

(4)

Rise of the New Industrial Elite

(5)

Liberal Establishment: Reform as Elite Self-Interest

(2)

Vietnam: Elite Failure to Lead

(4)

The Gulf War: Elite Leadership Restored

(2)

Iraq: Elite Objectives Unclear

(7)

Summary

(2)

Notes

(1)

Selected Readings

(3)

Elites in America

(30)

The Concentration of Corporate Power

(3)

The Global Elites

(7)

Focus: Corporate Merger Mania

(6)

Corporate Elites

100

(1)

Government Elites

101

(6)

Focus: Greed in the Boardroom

102

(2)

Focus: The Bush Restoration

104

(3)

Elite Policy-Making Institutions

107

(1)

Elite Recruitment: Getting to the Top

107

(4)

The Liberal Establishment

111

(1)

Conservative Restraint

112

(7)

Focus: Elite Attitudes Toward Mass Governance

113

(1)

Summary

114

(1)

Notes

115

(1)

Selected Readings

116

(3)

Masses in America

119

(32)

Elite Gains, Mass Losses

120

(6)

Inequality in America

126

(2)

Mass Disaffection from Politics

128

(3)

Antidemocratic Attitudes Among the Masses

131

(4)

Focus: Rally 'Round the Flag, 9/11

131

(4)

Are the Masses Becoming More Democratic?

135

(2)

Mass Political Ignorance

137

(4)

Focus: Mass Confidence in American Institutions

138

(3)

Mass Political Apathy

141

(1)

The Dangers of Mass Activism

142

(3)

Elite Repression

145

(6)

Summary

148

(1)

Notes

149

(1)

Selected Readings

150

(1)

Elite-Mass Communication

151

(28)

The News Makers

151

(4)

The Media's Political Functions

155

(3)

Bashing America for Fun and Profit

158

(3)

Liberal Bias in Television News

161

(3)

Focus: The Hollywood Liberals

161

(3)

Focus: Cracks in the Media Elite?

164

(1)

Bias and Slander: Freedoms of the Press

164

(2)

Media Campaigns

166

(4)

Media Coverage of Presidential Elections

170

(1)

Assessing Media Impact

171

(8)

Summary

175

(1)

Notes

176

(1)

Selected Readings

176

(3)

Political Parties and Ideologies

179

(24)

The Responsible Party Model in Disarray

180

(1)

Democratic and Republican Parties: What's the Difference?

181

(3)

Liberal and Conservative Labels

184

(3)

Declining Mass Attachments to Parties

187

(1)

Realignment or Dealignment?

187

(4)

Focus: Mass Perceptions of the Parties

190

(1)

Presidential Primaries and the Deterioration of Parties

191

(4)

Focus: The Democratic Presidential Primaries, 2004

194

(1)

Political Parties as Oligarchies

195

(3)

Focus: Where the Parties Get Their Money

197

(1)

Independent and Third-Party Politics

198

(5)

Summary

201

(1)

Notes

202

(1)

Selected Readings

202

(1)

Elections, Money, and the Myths of Democracy

203

(30)

The Myth of the Policy Mandate

204

(1)

The Myth of the Policy-Oriented Voter

205

(1)

The Group Basis of Voting

206

(2)

The Economic Basis of Voting

208

(1)

Candidate Image Voting

209

(1)

Focus: Images of Bush and Kerry, 2004

210

(1)

Money Drives Elections

210

(9)

Focus: Dirty Politics

211

(7)

Focus: How Fat Cats Evade Campaign Finance Reform

218

(1)

Democracy Versus the Electoral College

219

(5)

Focus: Bush Versus Kerry, 2004

220

(3)

Focus: Values and the Vote

223

(1)

Staying Home on Election Day

224

(2)

Elections as Symbolic Reassurance

226

(7)

Summary

230

(1)

Notes

231

(1)

Selected Readings

232

(1)

Organized Interests: Defenders of the Status Quo

233

(20)

Interest Groups: Democratic or Elitist?

234

(1)

The Business, Professional, and Class Bias of Interest Groups

235

(4)

How Well Do Groups Represent Members?

239

(4)

Focus: Leaders and Followers---The American Association of Retired Persons

241

(2)

Lobbying: How Organized Interests Influence Government

243

(4)

Focus: Washington's Most Powerful Lobbies

246

(1)

PAC Power

247

(1)

Conservative Influence of Organizations

248

(5)

Focus: Payback: Money and Prescription Drugs

250

(1)

Summary

250

(1)

Notes

251

(1)

Selected Readings

252

(1)

The Presidency

253

(36)

The President as Symbolic Leader

253

(3)

The Presidency and the Masses

256

(4)

Focus: Rating Presidents

259

(1)

The President's Formal Powers

260

(6)

Commander in Chief

266

(5)

Intelligence and the Presidency

271

(3)

The Clinton Legacy

274

(6)

Focus: Sex, Lies, and Impeachment

279

(1)

George W., in His Father's Footsteps

280

(4)

Watergate and the Limits of Presidential Power

284

(5)

Summary

286

(1)

Notes

287

(1)

Selected Readings

287

(2)

The Bureaucratic Elite

289

(34)

Sources of Bureaucratic Power

290

(2)

Focus: Mass Attitudes Toward Washington Bureaucracies

292

(1)

Organization of the Washington Bureaucracy

292

(3)

Presidential Control of the Bureaucracy

295

(4)

Focus: Bureaucratic Maneuvers

298

(1)

The Budget Maze

299

(4)

Elite Fiscal Responsibility?

303

(4)

Tax Politics

307

(1)

Bureaucratic Power, Iron Triangles, and Revolving Doors

308

(4)

The Regulatory Quagmire

312

(5)

Focus: The Fed: Money Is Too Important to Be Left to Elected Officials

312

(5)

Controlling the Bureaucracy: Congress and the Courts

317

(6)

Summary

319

(1)

Notes

320

(1)

Selected Readings

320

(3)

Congress: The Legislative Elite

323

(36)

The Elite Bias of Congressional Recruitment

324

(7)

Focus: Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leader

328

(3)

Whom Does Congress Really Represent?

331

(2)

Congress in Disrepute

333

(4)

The Elaborate Procedures of Legislative Elites

337

(7)

Elites Within Elites: The Congressional Establishment

344

(4)

Conflict and Consensus: Voting in Congress

348

(4)

Focus: Bill Frist, M.D., Leading the Senate

351

(1)

Congress and the President: An Unstable Balance of Power

352

(7)

Focus: Is ``Congressional Ethics'' an Oxymoron?

353

(4)

Summary

357

(1)

Notes

357

(1)

Selected Readings

358

(1)

Courts: Elites in Black Robes

359

(26)

Judicial Review as an Elitist Principle

360

(1)

The Making of a Supreme Court Justice

361

(3)

Focus: Senate Confirmation as Sleazy Spectacle

364

(1)

The Special Style of Judicial Policy Making

364

(3)

The Structure of the Federal Court System

367

(3)

The Jurisdiction of the Federal Court System

370

(1)

Judicial Power: Activism versus Self-Restraint

371

(4)

Focus: ``Make It a Federal Crime!''

372

(3)

Supreme Court Politics

375

(5)

Focus: The Supreme Court Chooses a President

376

(2)

Focus: The Supreme Court and Abortion

378

(2)

Do the Courts Rule the Nation?

380

(5)

Summary

381

(1)

Notes

382

(1)

Selected Readings

383

(2)

American Federalism: Elites in States and Communities

385

(26)

Federalism: The Original Division of Power Between Nation and States

386

(3)

Power Flows to the National Elite

389

(2)

Money and Power

391

(1)

The Evolution of American Federalism

391

(4)

Devolution: Federalism Revived?

395

(2)

Mass Influence in the States

397

(4)

Focus: Arnold: From Bodybuilder to Superstar to Governor

400

(1)

Elite Structures in the States

401

(3)

Focus: Corporate Elite Structures in the States

403

(1)

The Old-Community Economic Elites

404

(1)

The New-Community Political Elites

405

(6)

Summary

407

(1)

Notes

408

(1)

Selected Readings

409

(2)

Elite Response to Mass Protest

411

(28)

The History of Black Subjugation

412

(2)

Twentieth-Century Elite Attitude Change

414

(3)

Creative Disorder

417

(2)

Racial Inequality and Affirmative Action

419

(6)

Focus: ``Diversity'' in Higher Education

423

(2)

Elite Versus Mass Response to Civil Rights

425

(1)

Feminism in America

426

(3)

Women and Work

429

(3)

Feminism and Elitism

432

(7)

Focus: Elites, Masses, and Sexual Harassment

434

(2)

Summary

436

(1)

Notes

437

(1)

Selected Readings

437

(2)

Public Policy: How Elites Make Decisions

439

(10)

Public Policy as Elite Preference

439

(7)

Focus: The Elite Think Tanks

444

(2)

Agenda Setting and ``Nondecisions''

446

(3)

Summary

447

(1)

Selected Readings

448

(1)

Epilogue What Can Students Do?

449

(4)

Appendix The Constitution of the United States of America

453

(22)

Index

475

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