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| Foundations of Government | |
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| American Government: Roots, Context, and Culture | |
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| the Constitution | |
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| Federalism | |
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| Civil Liberties | |
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| Civil Rights | |
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| Institutions of Government | |
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| Congress | |
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| The Presidency | |
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| the Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy | |
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| The Judiciary | |
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| Political Behavior | |
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| Public Opinion and the News Media | |
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| Political Parties and Interest Groups | |
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| Elections, Campaigns, and Voting | |
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| Public Policy | |
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| Social and Economic Policy | |
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| Foreign and Defense Policy | |
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| Foundations of Government | |
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| American Government: Roots, Context, and Culture | |
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| Roots of American Government: We the People | |
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| Types of Government | |
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| Functions of American Government | |
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| American Political Culture and the Basic Tenets of American Democracy | |
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| The Changing American Public | |
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| Political Ideology | |
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| Toward Reform: People and Politics | |
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| the Constitution | |
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| Roots of the New American Nation | |
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| The First Attempt at Government: the Articles of Confederation | |
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| The Miracle at Philadelphia: Writing the U.S. Constitution | |
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| The U.S. Constitution | |
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| The Drive for Ratification of the U.S. Constitution | |
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| Toward Reform: Methods of Amending the U.S. Constitution | |
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| the Federal System | |
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| Roots of the Federal System | |
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| Federalism and the Marshall Court | |
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| Dual Federalism: States' Rights, Civil War, and Reconstruction | |
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| Cooperative Federalism: the Growth of National Government | |
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| Federal Grants to State and Local Governments | |
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| Judicial Federalism | |
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| Toward Reform: Attempts to Balance National and State Power | |
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| Civil Liberties | |
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| Roots of Civil Liberties: the Bill of Rights | |
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| First Amendment Guarantees: Freedom of Religion | |
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| First Amendment Guarantees: Freedom of Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition | |
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| The Second Amendment: the Right to Keep and Bear Arms | |
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| The Rights of Criminal Defendants | |
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| The Right to Privacy | |
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| Toward Reform: Civil Liberties and Combating Terrorism | |
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| Civil Rights | |
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| Roots of Suffrage: 1800-1890 | |
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| The Push for Equality, 1890-1954 | |
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| The Civil Rights Movement | |
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| The Women's Rights Movement | |
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| Other Groups Mobilize for Rights | |
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| Toward Reform: Civil Rights and Affirmative Action | |
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| Institutions of Government | |
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| Congress | |
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| Roots of the Legislative Branch of Government | |
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| The Members of Congress | |
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| How Congress is Organized | |
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| Powers of Congress | |
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| How Members Make Decisions | |
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| Toward Reform: Balancing Institutional Power | |
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| the Presidency | |
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| Roots of the Office of President of the United States | |
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| The Constitutional Powers of the President | |
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| The Development and Expansion of Presidential Power | |
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| The Presidential Establishment | |
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| Presidential Leadership and the Importance of Public Opinion | |
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| Toward Reform: the President as Policy Maker | |
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| the Executive Branch and the Federal Bureaucracy | |
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| Roots of the Federal Bureaucracy | |
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| The Modern Bureaucracy | |
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| How the Bureaucracy Works | |
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| Toward Reform: Making Agencies Accountable | |
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| the Judiciary | |
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| Roots of the Federal Judiciary | |
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| The Federal Court System | |
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| How Federal Court Judges are Selected | |
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| The Supreme Court Today | |
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| Judicial Philosophy and Decision Making | |
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| Toward Reform: Power, Policy Making, and the Court | |
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| Political Behavior | |
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| Public Opinion and the News Media | |
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| Roots of Public Opinion Research | |
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| Conducting and Analyzing Public Opinion Polls | |
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| Shortcomings of Polling | |
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| Forming Political Opinions | |
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| The News Media in the United States | |
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| Rules Governing the News Media | |
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| How the News Media Cover Politics | |
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| Toward Reform: News Media Influence, Bias, and Public Confidence | |
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| Political Parties and Interest Groups | |
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| Roots of the Two-Party System | |
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| The Organization of American Political Parties | |
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| Activities of American Political Parties | |
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| Party Identification | |
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| The American Interest Group System | |
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| What Do Interest Groups Do? | |
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| Toward Reform: Regulating Interest Groups and Lobbyists | |
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| Campaigns, Elections, and Voting | |
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| Roots of Modern Political Campaigns | |
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| Assembling a Campaign Staff | |
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| Raising Money | |
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| Reaching Voters | |
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| Presidential Elections | |
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| Congressional Elections | |
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| Toward Reform: Voter Choice and Turnout | |
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| Public Policy | |
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| Social and Economic Policy | |
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| Roots of Public Policy: the Policy-Making Process | |
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| Health Policy Today | |
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| Education Policy Today | |
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| Fiscal Policy | |
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| Monetary Policy | |
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| Toward Reform: Recession and Economic Recovery | |
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| Foreign and Defense Policy | |
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| Roots of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy | |
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| The United States as a World Power | |
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| Foreign and Defense Policy Decision Making | |
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| Contemporary Challenges in Foreign and Defense Policy | |
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| Toward Reform: New Challenges in American Foreign Policy | |