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| List of Selected Features | |
| Preface | |
| About the Authors | |
| Introducing Government in America | p. 1 |
| The Constitution | p. 22 |
| Federalism | p. 54 |
| Civil Liberties and Public Policy | p. 77 |
| Civil Rights and Public Policy | p. 111 |
| Public Opinion and Political Action | p. 140 |
| The Mass Media and the Political Agenda | p. 166 | ... MORE
| Political Parties | p. 187 |
| Nominations and Campaigns | p. 216 |
| Elections and Voting Behavior | p. 238 |
| Interest Groups | p. 257 |
| Congress | p. 284 |
| The Presidency | p. 317 |
| The Congress, the President, and the Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending | p. 353 |
| The Federal Bureaucracy | p. 378 |
| The Federal Courts | p. 408 |
| Economic Policymaking | p. 440 |
| Social Welfare Policymaking | p. 458 |
| Policymaking for Health, Energy, and the Environment | p. 476 |
| Foreign and Defense Policymaking | p. 498 |
| The New Importance of State and Local Government | p. 526 |
| The Declaration of Independence | p. 557 |
| The Federalist No. 10 | p. 559 |
| The Federalist No. 51 | p. 563 |
| The Constitution of the United States of America | p. 566 |
| Presidents of the United States | p. 577 |
| Party Control of the Presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives in the Twentieth Century | p. 580 |
| Supreme Court Justices Serving in the Twentienth Century | p. 581 |
| Glossary | p. 583 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 605 |
| Index | p. 609 |
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