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American Government and Politics Today: The Essentials : 2004-2005 Edition/With Infotrac
ISBN: 9780534620820 | 0534620825
Edition: 11thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 6/17/2003
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The best selling book for Introduction to American Government, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY, THE ESSENTIALS helps students experience the excitement that comes from active, informed citizenship in a concisely organized package. Bardes, Schmidt, and Shelley?s text is renowned nationwide for its balanced, unbiased, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of constitutional, governmental, political, social, and economic structures and processes. The overriding theme is the importance of informed active citizenship. The pedagogy underscores this theme by soliciting critical thinking about political issues and encouraging students to become involved the political process. With keen awareness of its audience, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY, THE ESSENTIALS incorporates current examples, the Internet, and other media to stimulate learning and excitement about American government. This truly interactive text gives students more than reading material--it gives them tools to become good citizens.
| Part One: THE AMERICAN SYSTEM | |
| 1. Political Forces of Change in Today's World | |
| 2. The Constitution | |
| Appendix: The Constitution of the United States of America | |
| 3. Federalism | |
| Part Two: CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES | |
| 4. Civil Liberties | |
| 5. Civil Rights... MORE | |
| Part Three: PEOPLE AND POLITICS | |
| 6. Public Opinion and Political Socialization | |
| 7. Interest Groups | |
| 8. Political Parties | |
| 9. Campaigns, Elections, and the Media | |
| Part Four: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS | |
| 10. The Congress | |
| 11. The Presidency | |
| 12. The Bureaucracy | |
| 13. The Judiciary | |
| Part Five: PUBLIC POLICY | |
| 14. Domestic and Economic Policy | |
| 15. Foreign and Defense Policy | |
| APPENDICES | |
| A: The Declaration of Independence | |
| B: How to Read Case Citations and Find Court Decisions | |
| C: Presidents of the United States | |
| D: Federalist Papers No | |
| 10, No | |
| 51, and No | |
| 78. E: Justices of the U | |
| Supreme Court, 1900 to the Present | |
| F: Party Control of Congress, 1900 to the Present | |
| G: Spanish Equivalents for Important Terms in American Government | |
| Glossary |
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