Paul C. Light is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. He received his B.A. from Macalester College and his Ph.D from the University of Michigan. Professor Light has a wide-ranging career in both academia and government. He has worked on Capitol Hill as a senior committee staffer in the U.S. Senate and as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in the U.S. House. He has taught at the University of Virginia, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has also served as a senior adviser to several national commissions on federal, state, and local public service. He is the author of 15 books on government, public service, and public policy. Light’s current research focuses on government reform, Congress, the presidency, and social entrepreneurship. He was the founding director of the Brookings Institution’s Center for Public Service and continues his research on how to invite Americans to serve their communities through public service. His work has been funded by the Douglas Dillon Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, among many others.

Christine Nemacheck is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the College of William & Mary and has been the College's Pre-Law Advisor since the fall 2007.  She received her BA in History from the University of Michigan, and her MA and PhD from the George Washington University. She has taught previously at Iowa State University. Her book examining Supreme Court nomination politics, Strategic Selection: Presidential Nomination of Supreme Court Justices from Herbert Hoover through George W. Bush, was published in March 2007. The paperback edition of the book was released in 2008. Her work has also appeared in Congress and the Presidency, Drake Law Review and a number of edited volumes. She is also a recipient of the College's Alumni Fellowship Award for 2007.

Part I: Constitutional Principles

Chapter 1: Constitutional Democracy        

Chapter 2:  Constitutional Foundations

    The Constitution of the United States

Chapter 3:  American Federalism 

Part II: The Political Process

Chapter 4: Political Culture and Ideology  

Chapter 5: The American Political Landscape   

Chapter 6: Interest Groups

Chapter 7: Political Parties

Chapter 8:  Public Opinion, Participation, and Voting  

Chapter 9: Campaigns and Elections

Chapter 10: The Media and U.S. Politics 

Part III: Policy Making Institutions

Chapter 11: Congress

Chapter 12: The Presidency

Chapter 13: The Federal Bureaucracy

Chapter 14: The Judiciary

Part IV: Rights and Liberties

Chapter 15: Civil Liberties

Chapter 16: Civil Rights

Part V: The Politics of National Policy

Chapter 17: The Policy Process

Chapter 18: Making Economic Policy 

Chapter 19: Making Social Policy   

Chapter 20: Making Foreign and Defense Policy  

Conclusion: Sustaining Constitutional Democracy

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